The construct of language proficiency in the study of bilingualism from a cognitive perspective

Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 422-423

  Hulstijn, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bilingualism; language dominance; language proficiency; native speaker

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858823254     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728911000678     Document Type: Review

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