Comprehension of reflexives and pronouns in sequential bilingual children: Do they pattern similarly to L1 children, L2 adults, or children with specific language impairment?

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-212

  Marinis, Theodoros ^a   Chondrogianni, Vasiliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

L1 children; L2 adults; L2 children; Pronouns; Reflexives; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78751706600     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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