Cognitive representation of colour in bilinguals: The case of Greek blues

Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-95

  Athanasopoulos, Panos ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63149107245     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136672890800388X     Document Type: Article

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