Age of acquisition and proficiency as factors in language production: Agreement in bilinguals

Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-118

  Foote, Rebecca ^a  

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

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EID: 77953615453     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136672890999040X     Document Type: Article

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