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. 369–373
Commentary
The interaction of L1 timing, onset age and input in second/foreign language acquisition
Published online: 8 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.4.3.12mun
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.4.3.12mun
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