Perceptual category mapping between English and Korean prevocalic obstruents: Evidence from mapping effects in second language identification skills

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 704-723

  Park, Hanyong ^a   de Jong, Kenneth J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54149115248     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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