English Vowel Spaces Produced by Japanese Speakers: The Smaller Point Vowels’ and the Greater Schwas’
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0090-6905,1573-6555
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-009-9144-0