Cross-language activation in children's speech production: Evidence from second language learners, bilinguals, and trilinguals

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-438

  Poarch, Gregory J ^a   van Hell, Janet G ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cross language activation; Language development; Language production; Lexical access; Trilingualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855427120     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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