Bilingual beginnings as a lens for theory development: PRIMIR in focus

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 492-504

  Curtin, Suzanne ^a   Byers Heinlein, Krista ^b   Werker, Janet F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 80054000012     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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