Bilingualism: Language, Emotion, and Mental Health

The Handbook of Bilingualism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 250-280

  Altarriba, Jeanette ^a   Morier, Rachel G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Bilinguals; Emotion; Language; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955649289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756997.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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