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On trade-offs in bilingualism and moving beyond the Stacking the Deck fallacy

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On trade-offs in bilingualism and moving beyond the Stacking the Deck fallacy. / Leivada, Evelina; Dentella, Vittoria; Masullo, Camilla et al.
In: Bilingualism, Vol. 26, No. 3, 05.05.2023, p. 550-555.

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Leivada, E, Dentella, V, Masullo, C & Rothman, J 2023, 'On trade-offs in bilingualism and moving beyond the Stacking the Deck fallacy', Bilingualism, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 550-555. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000761

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Leivada, E., Dentella, V., Masullo, C., & Rothman, J. (2023). On trade-offs in bilingualism and moving beyond the Stacking the Deck fallacy. Bilingualism, 26(3), 550-555. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000761

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Leivada E, Dentella V, Masullo C, Rothman J. On trade-offs in bilingualism and moving beyond the Stacking the Deck fallacy. Bilingualism. 2023 May 5;26(3):550-555. Epub 2022 Dec 5. doi: 10.1017/S1366728922000761

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Leivada, Evelina ; Dentella, Vittoria ; Masullo, Camilla et al. / On trade-offs in bilingualism and moving beyond the Stacking the Deck fallacy. In: Bilingualism. 2023 ; Vol. 26, No. 3. pp. 550-555.

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