Spoken-word recognition in foreign-accented speech by L2 listeners

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-491

  Weber, Andrea ^a,b   Broersma, Mirjam ^a,b   Aoyagi, Makiko ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 80053973264     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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