Cross-language perception of word-final stops in Thai and English

Bilingualism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-318

  Tsukada, Kimiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33750803957     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728906002653     Document Type: Article

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