Speaking hebrew with an accent: Empathic capacity or other nonpersonal factors

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-207

  Ibrahim, Raphiq ^a,b   Eviatar, Zohar ^a   Leikin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accent; Arabic; Bilingualism; Empathy; Hebrew; Russian; Speech production

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950749823     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006908098566     Document Type: Article

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