Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “Early, late or very late? Timing acquisition and bilingualism” by Ianthi Maria Tsimpli
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 4:3] 2014
► pp. 337–342
Commentary
Towards Comparative Bilingualism
Published online: 8 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.4.3.06gro
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.4.3.06gro
Article outline
- Adding another factor: Language proximity
- Bilectal clitic placement
- Clitics at the interface(s)
- An outlook for comparative bilingualism
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