In:The Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research: 25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness
Edited by John M. Levis, Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro
[Benjamins Current Topics 121] 2022
► pp. 1–5
ForewordEvolution of L2 pronunciation research and teaching
25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness
Published online: 1 June 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.121.01lev
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.121.01lev
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