Cognate facilitation effect in balanced and non-balanced Spanish–English bilinguals using the Boston Naming Test

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 649-662

  Rosselli, Mónica ^a   Ardila, Alfredo ^b   Jurado, María Beatriz ^a   Salvatierra, Judy Lee ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI DADE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingualism; bilinguals; Boston Naming Test; Cognate effect; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911874947     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006912466313     Document Type: Article

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