THE EFFECTS of NOISE on the INTELLIGIBILITY of FOREIGN-ACCENTED SPEECH

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-154

  Munro, Murray J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84937177583     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263198002022     Document Type: Article

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