First language retention and attrition in an adult Guatemalan adoptee

LIA Language, Interaction and Acquisition

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-311

  Montrul, Silvina ^a  

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

Author keywords

Age effects; Internationally adoptee; L1 attrition; L1 retention; Morphosyntax; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555195846     PISSN: 18797865     EISSN: 18797873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/lia.2.2.05mon     Document Type: Article

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