Internal and external interfaces in bilingual language development: Beyond structural overlap

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-210

  Sorace, Antonella ^a   Serratrice, Ludovica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Cross linguistic influence; Interfaces; Plurals; Subjects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951289828     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006909339810     Document Type: Article

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