L1-Spanish speakers' acquisition of the English /i/-/I/ contrast II: Perception of vowel inherent spectral change

Language and Speech

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-462

  Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

English; L2 vowel perception; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449330826     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023830909336583     Document Type: Article

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