Perceptual assimilation of American English vowels by Japanese listeners

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-344

  Strange, Winifred ^a,c   Akahane Yamada, Reiko ^b   Kubo, Rieko ^b   Trent, Sonja A ^a   Nishi, Kanae ^a   Jenkins, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c Government of New york   (United States)

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EID: 0032187274     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1998.0078     Document Type: Article

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