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Effects of the grammatical representation of number on cognition in bilinguals

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Effects of the grammatical representation of number on cognition in bilinguals. / Athanasopoulos, Panos.
In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Vol. 9, No. 1, 01.03.2006, p. 89-96.

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Athanasopoulos, P 2006, 'Effects of the grammatical representation of number on cognition in bilinguals', Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 89-96. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728905002397

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Athanasopoulos, P. (2006). Effects of the grammatical representation of number on cognition in bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 9(1), 89-96. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728905002397

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Athanasopoulos P. Effects of the grammatical representation of number on cognition in bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2006 Mar 1;9(1):89-96. doi: 10.1017/S1366728905002397

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Athanasopoulos, Panos. / Effects of the grammatical representation of number on cognition in bilinguals. In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2006 ; Vol. 9, No. 1. pp. 89-96.

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