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Discriminating languages in bilingual contexts: the impact of orthographic markedness

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Discriminating languages in bilingual contexts: the impact of orthographic markedness. / Casaponsa, Aina; Carreiras, Manuel; Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni.
In: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 5, 424, 13.05.2014.

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Casaponsa, A, Carreiras, M & Duñabeitia, JA 2014, 'Discriminating languages in bilingual contexts: the impact of orthographic markedness', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 5, 424. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00424

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Casaponsa, A., Carreiras, M., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2014). Discriminating languages in bilingual contexts: the impact of orthographic markedness. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 424. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00424

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Casaponsa A, Carreiras M, Duñabeitia JA. Discriminating languages in bilingual contexts: the impact of orthographic markedness. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014 May 13;5:424. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00424

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Casaponsa, Aina ; Carreiras, Manuel ; Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni. / Discriminating languages in bilingual contexts : the impact of orthographic markedness. In: Frontiers in Psychology. 2014 ; Vol. 5.

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