Evidence for phonetic and social selectivity in spontaneous phonetic imitation

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-189

  Babel, Molly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84455202476     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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