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Elizabeth Gatbonton, Pavel Trofimovich, Michael Magid, Learners' Ethnic Group Affiliation and L2 Pronunciation Accuracy: A Sociolinguistic Investigation, TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Sep., 2005), pp. 489-511
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