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Kovács, Á.M. (2007). Beyond Language: Childhood Bilingualism Enhances High-Level Cognitive Functions. In: Kecskes, I., Albertazzi, L. (eds) Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5935-3_10
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