How iconic are Chinese characters?

Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-83

  Luk, Gigi ^a   Bialystok, Ellen ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33750698921     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728904002081     Document Type: Article

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