Effects of temporal correction on intelligibility of foreign-accented English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-24

  Tajima, Keiichi ^a   Port, Robert ^a   Dalby, Jonathan ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Communication Disorders Technology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0030642434     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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