Commentary published In: Epistemological issue: Bilingual Language Development in Autism
Edited by Cristina Flores and Neal Snape
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 12:1] 2022
► pp. 39–43
Commentary
Bilingualism and autism
The importance of studying language control as part of bilingual language development
Published online: 13 December 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.21053.deb
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.21053.deb
Article outline
- Language selection
- Bilingualism and executive functions
- Bilingual language development includes language control
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