Predicting native English-like performance by native Japanese speakers
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Predicting native English-like performance by native Japanese speakers
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Phonetics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0095-4470
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2011.03.003