Early Bilingualism: Children of Immigrants in an English-Language Childcare Center

Psychology of Language and Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-27

  Chumak Horbatsch, Roma ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

active passive bilingualism; children's dual language learning; early bilingualism; minority language; parental language attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455232777     PISSN: 12342238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10057-008-0001-2     Document Type: Article

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