L1-Spanish speakers' acquisition of the english contrast: Duration-based perception is not the initial developmental stage

Language and Speech

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-315

  Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

English; L2 vowel perception; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949115510     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023830908099067     Document Type: Article

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