Bilingual children's sensitivity to specificity and genericity: Evidence from metalinguistic awareness

Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-257

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74349127969     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728909004027     Document Type: Article

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