Perceptual learning of Cantonese lexical tones by tone and non-tone language speakers

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-294

  Francis, Alexander L ^a,b   Ciocca, Valter ^a   Ma, Lian ^a,c   Fenn, Kimberly ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 43049103486     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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