Knowledge of tense-aspect and mood in Spanish heritage speakers

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-269

  Montrul, Silvina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

heritage speakers; imperfect; minority language; preterite; Spanish; subjunctive

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952888094     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006909339816     Document Type: Article

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