The vowel systems of Quichua-Spanish bilinguals: Age of acquisition effects on the mutual influence of the first and second languages

Phonetica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-128

  Guion, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0041323077     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071449     Document Type: Article

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