Developing phonological awareness: Is there a bilingual advantage?

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-44

  Bialystok, Ellen ^a   Majumder, Shilpi ^b   Martin, Michelle M ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037278957     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S014271640300002X     Document Type: Review

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