Finding one's voice in japanese: A study of the pitch levels of l2 users

Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, and Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 231-256

  Ohara, Yumiko ^a  

^a National Institutes for the Humanities   (Japan)

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EID: 85067220226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110889406.231     Document Type: Chapter

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