Effect of lexical status on children's and adults' perception of native and non-native vowels

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-332

  Walley, Amanda C ^a   Flege, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 0042630870     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1999.0098     Document Type: Article

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