What does more time buy you? Another look at the effects of long-term residence on production accuracy of English |r| and |1| by Japanese speakers

Language and Speech

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-548

  Larson Hall, Jenifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Input; Japanese; Length of residence; Phonology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847669424     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309060490040401     Document Type: Article

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