The mutual intelligibility Of L2 speech

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-131

  Munro, Murray J ^a   Derwing, Tracey M ^b   Morton, Susan L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33644889898     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263106060049     Document Type: Article

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