Bridging the gap between l2 speech perception research and phonological theory

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-585

  Escudero, Paola ^a   Boersma, Paul ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85050713335     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263104040021     Document Type: Article

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