Segmentals and global foreign accent: The Japanese flap in EFL

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 711-737

  Riney, Timothy J ^a   Takada, Mari ^b   Ota, Mitsuhiko ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2942707134     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3587782     Document Type: Article

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