MultilingualismLanguage DevelopmentCommunicationCross-language PerspectiveTrauma In ChildCode-switchingMonoliteracyChild LanguageLinguistic DiversityBilingualismLanguage StudiesPossible HazardHealth SciencesChild PsychologySociolinguisticsEarly Childhood DevelopmentImmigrant ParentsBilingual ChildBilingual EducationChild DevelopmentChild Protection
When a language barrier prevents communication with immigrant parents, there may be a temptation to use a bilingual child as an interpreter. We report a possible hazard.
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Children with pervasive refusal.
Bryan Lask, C. Frederick Britten, Leo Kroll et al. · Archives of Disease in Childhood · 1991 · 119 citations · Full text