Stability of tonal alignment: The case of Greek prenuclear accents

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-25

  Arvaniti, Amalia ^a   Ladd, D Robert ^b   Mennen, Ineke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031627266     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1997.0063     Document Type: Article

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