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Computational mechanisms of development? Connectionism and bilingual lexical representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2021

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Xiaowei Zhao
Ping Li*
Affiliation:
TheHong KongPolytechnic University, Hong Kong
Xiaowei Zhao
Affiliation:
Emmanuel College, Boston, USA
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*Address for correspondence: Ping Li, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Faculty of Humanities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong. Email: pi2li@polyu.edu.hk
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , March 2022 , pp. 224 - 225
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