Bilingualism in Sardinia and Scotland: Exploring the cognitive benefits of speaking a 'minority' language

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-56

  Lauchlan, Fraser ^a   Parisi, Marinella ^b   Fadda, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

bilingual education; bilingualism; cognitive benefits; minority languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873980314     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006911429622     Document Type: Article

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