Contextual tonal variations in Mandarin

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-83

  Xu, Yi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030706880     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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