Language and thought in bilinguals: The case of grammatical number and nonverbal classification preferences

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-123

  Athanasopoulos, Panos ^a   Kasai, Chise ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 37349051490     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716408080053     Document Type: Article

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