Simultaneous interpreters and the effect of concurrent articulation on immediate memory: A bilingual digit span study

Interpreting

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Chincotta, Dino ^a   Underwood, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989373169     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.3.1.01chi     Document Type: Article

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