Bilingual lexical interactions in an unsupervised neural network model

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-524

  Zhao, Xiaowei ^a   Li, Ping ^b  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual interaction; DevLex; Lexical development; Neural network

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955749744     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2010.488284     Document Type: Article

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