Integrating articulatory constraints into models of second language phonological acquisition

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-534

  Colantoni, Laura ^a,b   Steele, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 44949243951     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716408080223     Document Type: Article

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