Mental imagery and affect in English/French bilingual readers: A cross-linguistic perspective

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-428

  Krasny, Karen A ^a   Sadoski, Mark ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Bilingual reading; English; French; Mental imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849118785     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.64.3.399     Document Type: Article

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