Individual Differences in Bilingual Children’s Language Competencies the Case for Spanish and English

Perspectives on Individual Differences Affecting Therapeutic Change in Communication Disorders New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 57-80

  Hammer, Carol Scheffner ^a   Rodríguez, Barbara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203848692     Document Type: Chapter

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