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. 76–81
Commentary

Heterogeneity in bilingualism and autism

Two of a kind?

| Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main
Article outline
  • What is heterogeneity?
  • Heterogeneity in the input and output measures
  • Heterogeneity in bilingualism
  • Heterogeneity in autism
  • Why does heterogeneity matter?
  • References
Published online: 13 December 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.21067.sch
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