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Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “The relevance of first language attrition to theories of bilingual development” by Monika S. Schmid and Barbara Köpke
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 7:6] 2017
► pp. 709–714

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Commentary

On missed opportunities and convenient “truths”

 | School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, Canada | Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada
 | School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, Canada | Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada
Published online: 1 February 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.00010.kas
Article outline
  • A surprising change in position
  • Attriters without attrition?
  • Missed opportunities
  • Note
  • References
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