Variability in vowel production by bilingual speakers: Can input properties hinder the early stabilization of contrastive categories?

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-526

  Bosch, Laura ^a   Ramon Casas, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 80054001197     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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