Harmonious bilingual development: Young families’ well-being in language contact situations

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-184

  De Houwer, Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early bilingualism; family; harmony; input; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928111034     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006913489202     Document Type: Article

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