Perceptual discrimination of Thai tones by naive and experienced learners of Thai

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-129

  Wayland, Ratree ^a   Guion, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0041865347     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716403000067     Document Type: Article

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