Speaker discrimination in a foreign language: First language environment, second language learners

Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-111

  Sullivan, Kirk P H ^a   Schlichting, Frank ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Foreign language learning; Forensic phonetics; Language familiarity; Speaker discrimination; Speaker identification; Voice line ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249136017     PISSN: 13501771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.2000.7.1.95     Document Type: Article

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