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Processing in Bilingual Children
Edited by Chantal van Dijk, Jasmijn E. Bosch and Sharon Unsworth
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 14:4] 2024
► pp. 435–445
Introduction

Language processing in bilingual children

Why it matters, what we know and what is still missing

| Technische Universität Braunschweig, | Stuttgart University, | Radboud University,
| University of Amsterdam,
| Radboud University,
Article outline
  • 1.Why it matters
  • 2.What we know
    • 2.1Online comprehension versus production
    • 2.2Predictive processing
    • 2.3Lexical and syntactic co-activation in online processing
  • 3.What is still missing?
  • 4.The current issue
  • References
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Published online: 14 May 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.24018.van
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