Words, feelings, and bilingualism cross-linguistic differences in emotionality of autobiographical memories

Mental Lexicon

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-90

  Marian, Viorica ^a   Kaushanskaya, Margarita ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 57749129381     PISSN: 18711340     EISSN: 18711375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ml.3.1.06mar     Document Type: Article

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