"Do you sound Asian when you speak English?" Racial identification and voice in Chinese and Korean Americans' English

American Speech

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-178

  Newman, Michael ^a   Wu, Angela ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 79959770772     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: 15272133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-1336992     Document Type: Article

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