Grammatical gender processing in Italian and Spanish bilinguals

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1631-1645

  Paolieri, Daniela ^a   Cubelli, Roberto ^a   Macizo, Pedro ^b   Bajo, Teresa ^b   Lotto, Lorella ^c   Job, Remo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Grammatical gender; References; Second language picture naming; Word translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPAIN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; MULTILINGUALISM; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954676862     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903511210     Document Type: Article

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