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. 357–362
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 4:3] 2014
► pp. 357–362
Commentary
On timing in monolingual and bilingual acquisition
Grammatical properties interacting with age of onset and input
Article outline
- Factors determining developmental patterns in the acquisition of grammars
- Grammatical explanations of developmental schedules
- Timing of (very) early phenomena and its effects on bilingual acquisition
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