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ERIC Number: EJ585983
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
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Global Foreign Accent and Voice Onset Time Among Japanese EFL Speakers.
Riney, Timothy J.; Takagi, Naoyuki
Language Learning, v49 n2 p275-302 Jun 1999
Investigated the correlation between global foreign accent (GFA) and voice onset time (VOT). VOT values for /p/, /t/, and /k/ were measured at two times, separated by an interval of 42 months. Subjects were 11 Japanese speakers of English as a foreign language; 5 age-matched native speakers of English served as the control group. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Dialects, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlanguage, Japanese, Native Speakers, Oral Language, Phonology, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Tape Recordings
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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