Learning to identify a foreign language

Language Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-367

  Bond, Z S ^a   Stockmal, Verna ^b   Muljani, D ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039992709     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0388-0001(98)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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