Perception of paralinguistic intonational meaning in a second language

Language Learning

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-409

  Chen, Aoju ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intonation; Learning; Paralinguistic meaning; Perception; Pitch range; Second language acquisition; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649114734     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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