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Second Language Working Memory Deficits and Plasticity in Hearing Bimodal Learners of Sign Language

Psychology of Language and Communication
Volume 19 (2015): Issue 2 (October 2015)
By: Joshua Williams,  Isabelle Darcy and  Sharlene Newman  
Open Access
|Oct 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2015-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2083-8506 | Journal ISSN: 1234-2238
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Language: English
Page range: 128 - 148
Published on: Oct 29, 2015
Published by: Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
American sign language,
working memory,
second language acquisition,
bimodal bilingualism
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Psychology,
Applied psychology

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