Disentangling sources of incomplete acquisition: An explanation for competence divergence across heritage grammars

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-238

  Pires, Acrisio ^a   Rothman, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

heritage speakers; incomplete acquisition; Portuguese

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951676109     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006909339806     Document Type: Article

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