ACCENT, INTELLIGIBILITY, and COMPREHENSIBILITY

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Derwing, Tracey M ^a   Munro, Murray J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85137642264     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263197001010     Document Type: Article

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