Major trends in vowel system inventories

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-253

  Schwartz, Jean Luc ^a   Boë, Louis Jean ^a   Vallée, Nathalie ^a   Abry, Christian ^a  

^a GIPSA LAB   (France)

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EID: 0031190838     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1997.0044     Document Type: Article

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