Vocabulary size is associated with second-language vowel perception performance in adult learners

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-461

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 80054930754     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263111000040     Document Type: Article

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