The representation of grammatical gender in the bilingual lexicon: Evidence from Greek and German

Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-275

  Salamoura, Angeliki ^a,b   Williams, John N ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35648947838     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728907003069     Document Type: Article

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