Mother tongue, language of schooling and bilingual digit span

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-208

  Chincotta, Dino ^a   Underwood, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 21344434397     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1996.tb02585.x     Document Type: Article

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