Utrecht researchers in top 20 citations of International Journal of Bilingualism

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Experts in multilingualism Dr  and Dr  both are in the top 20 most cited articles of the International Journal of Bilingualism (IJB). To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the journal offers free access to the 20 most cited articles ever published in IJB. These articles are an excellent representation of the range and quality of the research that is published in the journal, according to Prof. Li Wei, founding editor of the journal,

Language development of young Turkish-Dutch children

In Elma Blom (Special Education) investigates the language development of 2- to 3-year-old Turkish-Dutch bilingual children with different amounts of input quantity.

A Moroccan accent in Dutch

In the article  Jacomine Nortier (Utrecht Institute of Linguistics) and Margreet Dorleijn (UvA) investigate a general ‘ethnic’ accent whit characteristics of Moroccan languages that is mainly used by young people with Moroccan, Dutch or other ethnic backgrounds in specific in-group situations.

International Journal of bilingualism (IJB)

IJB was founded twenty years ago by Prof. Li Wei, leading researcher in the field of bilingualism and multilingualism. In the same year he initiated the International Symposium on Bilingualism in Newcastle. The symposium as wel as the journal have become authorative for research in the field of bilingualism and multilingualism nowadays.