Evaluation of speakers with foreign-accented speech in Japan: The effect of accent produced by English native speakers

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 589-603

  Tsurutani, Chiharu ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

accentedness: Japanese language; foreign accented speech; language attitude; non native speakers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865256026     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2012.697465     Document Type: Article

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