Age of learning effects on the duration of sentences produced in a second language

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-228

  Guion, Susan G ^c   Flege, James E ^a   Liu, Serena H ^a   Yeni Komshian, Grace H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0034392356     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716400002034     Document Type: Article

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