The imaging of what in the multilingual mind?

Second Language Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-133

  De Bot, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems theory; ERP; Multilingualism; Neuro imaging; Psycholinguistics; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749135510     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658307083034     Document Type: Review

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