Perceiving vowels in a second language

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-34

  Flege, James Emil ^a   MacKay, Ian R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 85136941796     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263104026117     Document Type: Article

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