Operationalizing and measuring language dominance

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-163

  Treffers Daller, Jeanine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bilingualism; French; language dominance; lexical richness; lexicon; measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958061546     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006910381186     Document Type: Article

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