Cross-Language Speech Perception

The Handbook of Speech Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 546-566

  Sebastián Gallés, Núria ^a  

^a University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Non native language; Phonological deafness; Spanish phonology; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844533973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757024.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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