An integrated account of the effects of acoustic variability in first language and second language: Evidence from amplitude, fundamental frequency, and speaking rate variability

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-249

  Sommers, Mitchell S ^a   Barcroft, Joe ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947425640     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716407070129     Document Type: Article

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