Specific and generic subjects in the Italian of German Italian simultaneous bilinguals and L2 learners

Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 736-756

  Kupisch, Tanja ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

L2 acquisition; simultaneous bilingualism; specific and generic DPs; weaker and stronger language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866107598     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728911000691     Document Type: Article

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