Think or sink: Chinese learners' acquisition of the English voiceless interdental fricative

Language Learning

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 581-621

  Rau, D Victoria ^a,d   Chang, Hui Huan Ann ^b   Tarone, Elaine E ^c  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese English; Development over time; Interlanguage variation; Lexical frequency; Markedness; Speech community; VARBRUL; Voiceless interdental fricative

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849130851     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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