Phonological patterns in Mandarin-English bilingual children

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 369-386

  Lin, Lu Chun ^a   Johnson, Cynthia J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

English; Mandarin; Multilingualism; Phonological acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHONETICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 77950239558     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699200903532482     Document Type: Article

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