Experience and the use of non-native duration in L2 vowel categorization

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-387

  Cebrian, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 33748057483     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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