First and second language vowel perception in early bilinguals

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-221

  Bosch, Laura ^a   Costa, Albert ^b   Sebastián Gallés, Núria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH; VOWEL;

EID: 0033921516     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541446.2000.10590222     Document Type: Article

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