Word meaning biases or language-specific effects? Evidence from English, Spanish and Korean

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Volumn 17, Issue 49, 1997, Pages 031-056

  Mueller Gathercole, Virginia C ^a,c   Min, Haesik ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002663681     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272379701704902     Document Type: Article

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