Assessing bilingual attainment: Macrostructural planning in narratives

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-186

  Flecken, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bilingual specific performance; early bilingualism; information structure; macrostructural planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958045814     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006910381187     Document Type: Article

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