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Publication details [#33325]

Castro, D. and E. Gavruseva. 2003. Finiteness and aspect in Spanish/English bilingual acquisition. First Language 23 (2) : 171–192.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

aspect | bilingual acquisition

Language as a subject

English | Spanish

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0142-7237

Annotation

This paper examines the acquisition of finiteness and aspect in the languages of a Spanish/English bilingual child. Developmental trends appear to support the 'two separate systems' hypothesis of bilingual acquisition (Genesee 1989).