Coordinating comprehension and production in simultaneous interpreters: Evidence from the Articulatory Suppression effect

Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-339

  Yudes, Carolina ^a   MacIzo, Pedro ^a   Bajo, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

articulatory suppression; simultaneous interpreting; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858825351     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728911000150     Document Type: Article

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