Creativity and narrative task performance: An exploratory study

Language Learning

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-310

  Albert, Ágnes ^a   Kormos, Judit ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 3042621004     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2004.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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