Evaluating the effects of chronological age and sentence duration on degree of perceived foreign accent

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-183

  Mackay, Ian R A ^a   Flege, James E ^b   Imai, Satomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 33644900199     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716406060231     Document Type: Article

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