Investigating the motor-sensory learning of foreign speech

This thesis presents an investigation of bilingualism as a motor learning skill, with success ultimately measured in terms of strength of a foreign accent, in contrast to the many studies of bilingualism in terms of linguistic competence. My research used functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) imaging...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simmonds, Anna Jane
Other Authors: Wise, Richard ; Leech, Robert
Published: Imperial College London 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568053