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When Bilingualism is the common factor: Switch reference at the junction of competence and performance in both second language and heritage language performance

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When Bilingualism is the common factor: Switch reference at the junction of competence and performance in both second language and heritage language performance. / Judy, Tiffany; Putnam, Michael T.; Rothman, Jason.
In: Journal of Language Contact, Vol. 11, No. 3, 18.10.2018, p. 590-616.

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Judy, T, Putnam, MT & Rothman, J 2018, 'When Bilingualism is the common factor: Switch reference at the junction of competence and performance in both second language and heritage language performance', Journal of Language Contact, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 590-616. https://doi.org/10.1163/19552629-01103008

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Judy, T., Putnam, M. T., & Rothman, J. (2018). When Bilingualism is the common factor: Switch reference at the junction of competence and performance in both second language and heritage language performance. Journal of Language Contact, 11(3), 590-616. https://doi.org/10.1163/19552629-01103008

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Judy T, Putnam MT, Rothman J. When Bilingualism is the common factor: Switch reference at the junction of competence and performance in both second language and heritage language performance. Journal of Language Contact. 2018 Oct 18;11(3):590-616. doi: 10.1163/19552629-01103008

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Judy, Tiffany ; Putnam, Michael T. ; Rothman, Jason. / When Bilingualism is the common factor : Switch reference at the junction of competence and performance in both second language and heritage language performance. In: Journal of Language Contact. 2018 ; Vol. 11, No. 3. pp. 590-616.

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