Understanding the nature and outcomes of early bilingualism: Romance languages as heritage languages

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-163

  Rothman, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Attrition; Bilingualism; Heritage language; Incomplete; Speakers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951286050     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006909339814     Document Type: Article

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