Perceptual assimilation of english vowels by chinese listeners: Can native-language interference be predicted?

Linguistics in the Netherlands

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-161

  Sun, Lei ^a   Van Heuven, Vincent J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 51249143939     PISSN: 09297332     EISSN: 15699919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/avt.24.15sun     Document Type: Article

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