The influence of the social use and the history of acquisition of Euskera on comprehension and recall of scientific texts in Euskera and Castilian

Language Learning

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 491-512

  Gorostiaga, Arantxa ^a   Balluerka, Nekane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 0036024647     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9922.00192     Document Type: Article

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