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. 374–376
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 4:3] 2014
► pp. 374–376
Commentary
Why are some aspects of language acquired earlier than others?
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