Language maintenance and loss in a population study of young Australian children

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-181

  Verdona, Sarah ^a   McLeoda, Sharynne ^a   Winsler, Adam ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Communication; Language; Longitudinal; Multilingual; Speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901009797     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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