Sociocultural differences in the relationship between bilingualism and creative potential

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 776-783

  Kharkhurin, Anatoliy V ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

bilingualism; creativity; multiculturalism; multilingualism; sociocultural differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955915205     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110361777     Document Type: Article

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