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Articles

Engaging in and creatively reproducing translanguaging practices with peers: a longitudinal study with three-year-olds in Luxembourg

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Pages 943-959 | Received 15 Jun 2020, Accepted 24 Oct 2021, Published online: 17 Nov 2021

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