Speech Rate Estimates, Language of Schooling and Bilingual Digit Span

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-348

  Chincotta, Dino ^a,b   Underwood, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347138629     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713752562     Document Type: Article

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