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Creativity and narrative task performance: An exploratory study. / Albert, Álbert; Kormos, Judith.
In: Language Learning, Vol. 54, No. 2, 06.2004, p. 277-310.

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Albert Á, Kormos J. Creativity and narrative task performance: An exploratory study. Language Learning. 2004 Jun;54(2):277-310. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2004.00256.x

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Albert, Álbert ; Kormos, Judith. / Creativity and narrative task performance: An exploratory study. In: Language Learning. 2004 ; Vol. 54, No. 2. pp. 277-310.

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