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    Elena Rusconi

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Rusconi, E., Galfano, G., Job, R. (2007). Bilingualism and Cognitive Arithmetic. In: Kecskes, I., Albertazzi, L. (eds) Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5935-3_5

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