A developmental study of English vowel production and perception by native Korean adults and children

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-290

  Tsukada, Kimiko ^a   Birdsong, David ^b   Bialystok, Ellen ^c   Mack, Molly ^d   Sung, Hyekyung ^e   Flege, James ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Defense Language Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 23844536753     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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