Cross-language nonword repetition by bilingual and monolingual children

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-310

  Windsor, Jennifer ^a   Kohnert, Kathryn ^a   Lobitz, Kelann F ^a   Pham, Giang T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment procedures; Language disorders; Sequential bilingualism; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249242768     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0064)     Document Type: Article

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