Review article: Second language acquisition welcomes the heritage language learner: Opportunities of a new field

Second Language Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-506

  Montrul, Silvina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Heritage speakers; Incomplete acquisition; L1 loss; Language identity; Language maintenance; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249095583     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658308095738     Document Type: Article

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