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DrChrisBrebnerisaseniorlectureratFlindersUniversitywith
aninterestinbilinguallanguagedevelopment.AssociateProfessor
PaulMcCormackhasnowretiredfromFlindersUniversity,but
hasaninterestinbilingualspeechandlanguagedevelopment.
AssociateProfessorSusanRickardLiowisdirectoroftheMSc
(Speech&LanguagePathology)ProgrammeattheNational
University of Singapore.
Correspondence to:
Dr Chris Brebner
Speech Pathology, School of Health Sciences
Flinders University of South Australia
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide 5001 SA
phone.: + 61 8 8204 5942
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