Effects of tone and focus on the formation and alignment of f0contours

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-105

  Xu, Yi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002685732     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1999.0086     Document Type: Article

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