Introduction: The linguistic competence of heritage speakers

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-161

  Montrul, Silvina ^a  

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

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EID: 79956160394     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263110000719     Document Type: Review

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