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Notes on the nature of bilingual specific language impairment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2010

Jan de Jong*
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam

Extract

Johanne Paradis' Keynote Article can be read as a concise critical review of the research that focuses on the sometimes strained relationship between bilingualism and specific language impairment (SLI). In my comments I will add some thoughts based on our own research on the learning of Dutch as a second language (L2) by children with SLI.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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