Cantonese speakers' memory for English sentences with prosodic cues

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 372-389

  Pennington, Martha C ^a   Ellis, Nick C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042573626     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0026-7902.00075     Document Type: Article

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