Linguistic and Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism with Regional Minority Languages: A Study of Sardinian–Italian Adult Speakers

Linguistic and Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism with Regional Minority Languages: A Study of Sardinian–Italian Adult Speakers

This study explores the effects of bilingualism in Sardinian as a regional minority language on the linguistic competence in Italian as the dominant language and on non-linguistic cognitive abilities. Sardinian/Italian adult speakers and monolingual Italian speakers living in the same geographical a...

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Main Authors:	Maria Garraffa, Mateo Obregon, Antonella Sorace
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:	Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:	minority languages sentences processing working memory bilingualism relative clauses Sardinian
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01907/full

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