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Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in motion event conceptualisation in bilingual speakers of Spanish and English

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Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in motion event conceptualisation in bilingual speakers of Spanish and English. / Aveledo, Fraibet; Athanasopoulos, Panos.
In: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, Vol. 61, No. 1, 28.03.2023, p. 13-36.

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Aveledo, F & Athanasopoulos, P 2023, 'Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in motion event conceptualisation in bilingual speakers of Spanish and English', International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 13-36. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2022-0179

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Aveledo, F., & Athanasopoulos, P. (2023). Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in motion event conceptualisation in bilingual speakers of Spanish and English. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 61(1), 13-36. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2022-0179

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Aveledo F, Athanasopoulos P. Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in motion event conceptualisation in bilingual speakers of Spanish and English. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. 2023 Mar 28;61(1):13-36. Epub 2023 Jan 12. doi: 10.1515/iral-2022-0179

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Aveledo, Fraibet ; Athanasopoulos, Panos. / Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in motion event conceptualisation in bilingual speakers of Spanish and English. In: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. 2023 ; Vol. 61, No. 1. pp. 13-36.

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