Foreign Accent: Implications for Delivery of Speech and Language Services

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 49-65

  Langdon, Henriette W ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual clinicians; Delivery of clinical services; Foreign accent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033465777     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-199908000-00008     Document Type: Article

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