The role of semantics in translation recognition: Effects of number of translations, dominance of translations and semantic relatedness of multiple translations

Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-183

  Laxén, Jannika ^a   Lavaur, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

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EID: 77953617737     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728909990472     Document Type: Article

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