Learner Acquisition of Dialect Variation in a Study Abroad Context: The Case of the Spanish [θ]

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 430-446

  Ringer Hilfinger, Kathryn ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Sociolinguistic variation; Spain; Spanish; Study abroad; Voiceless interdental fricative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867670742     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2012.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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