Cognitive mechanisms of word learning in bilingual and monolingual adults: The role of phonological memory

Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-489

  Kaushanskaya, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingualism; phonological familiarity; phonological memory; word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861903693     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728911000472     Document Type: Article

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