Getting 'emotional' in two languages: Bilinguals' verbal performance of affect in narratives of personal experience

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Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-515

  Koven, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Bilingualism; Emotion; French; Narrative; Portuguese

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646131146     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.2004.24.4.471     Document Type: Article

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