Vocabulary size matters: The assimilation of second-language Australian English vowels to first-language Japanese vowel categories

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  Bundgaard Nielsen, Rikke L ^a   Best, Catherine T ^a,b   Tyler, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 79951770934     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716410000287     Document Type: Article

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