Phonological short-term memory, working memory and foreign language performance in intensive language learning

Bilingualism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-271

  Kormos, Judit ^a   Sáfár, Anna ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 46149105220     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728908003416     Document Type: Article

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