The relationship between vocabulary and short-term memory measures in monolingual and bilingual speakers

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-425

  Kaushanskaya, Margarita ^a   Blumenfeld, Henrike K ^b   Marian, Viorica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

sequential bilinguals; short term memory; simultaneous bilinguals; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955243805     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006911403201     Document Type: Article

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