Personality and pronunciation talent in second language acquisition

Language Talent and Brain Activity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-130

  Hu, Xiaochen ^a   Reiterer, Susanne Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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