The effect of second-language experience on native-language processing

Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-77

  Kaushanskaya, Margarita ^a   Yoo, Jeewon ^a   Marian, Viorica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; L2 experience; Reading fluency; Transfer; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952732989     PISSN: 16970381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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