Putting accent in its place: Rethinking obstacles to communication

Language Teaching

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-490

  Derwing, Tracey M ^a   Munro, Murray J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77249108439     PISSN: 02614448     EISSN: 14753049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026144480800551X     Document Type: Article

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