Gender in Italian-German bilinguals: A comparison with German L2 learners of Italian

Bilingualism

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 538-557

  Bianchi, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender; Italian; L2 acquisition; simultaneous bilingual acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878444565     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728911000745     Document Type: Article

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