The impact of input factors on bilingual development: Quantity versus quality

Paradis, Johanne

doi:10.1075/lab.1.1.09par

Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “Pinning down of “interface” in bilingualism” by Antonella Sorace
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 1:1] 2011
► pp. 67–70

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The impact of input factors on bilingual development

Quantity versus quality

Johanne Paradis | University of Alberta

Published online: 16 March 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.1.1.09par

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