Selective attrition in russian-english bilingual children: Preservation of grammatical aspect

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-302

  Bar Shalom, Eva G ^a   Zaretsky, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspectual Restructuring; Attrition; L2 exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950281821     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006908098572     Document Type: Article

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