Is second language lexical access prosodically constrained? Processing of word stress by French Canadian second language learners of English

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-584

  Tremblay, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 52449129265     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716408080247     Document Type: Article

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