Translation equivalents and the emergence of multiple lexicons in early trilingual development

First Language

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-125

  Montanari, Simona ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lexical development; Lexical differentiation; Translation equivalents; Trilingualism; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949970294     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723709350528     Document Type: Article

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