Multilingualism and the Child African Diaspora

Karla N. Washington

doi:10.1055/s-0045-1806852

Seminars in Speech and Language, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semin Speech Lang 2025; 46(02): 071-074
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1806852

Foreword

Multilingualism and the Child African Diaspora

Karla N. Washington

¹Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

²The Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

³The Institute for Education Research, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

⁴Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

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