Speakers of two dialects may share cognitive advantage with speakers of two languages
27 April 2016The ability of children to speak any two dialects – two closely related varieties of the same language – may confer the same cognitive advantages...
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The ability of children to speak any two dialects – two closely related varieties of the same language – may confer the same cognitive advantages...
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