Explaining individual variation in L2 perception: Rounded vowels in English learners of German

Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-297

  Mayr, Robert ^a   Escudero, Paola ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78649540434     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728909990022     Document Type: Article

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