Discourse conditions on subject pronoun realization: Testing the linguistic intuitions of older bilingual children

Lingua

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 460-477

  Sorace, Antonella ^a   Serratrice, Ludovica ^b   Filiaci, Francesca ^a   Baldo, Michela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cross linguistic influence; Discourse; English; Italian; Pronouns

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149100922     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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