Effects of Language and Similarity on Comparison Processing
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Effects of language and similarity on comparison processing.
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عنوان ژورنال: Language Learning and Development
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1547-5441,1547-3341
DOI: 10.1080/15475440902824079