Prosodic marking of information status in Dutch and Italian: A comparative analysis

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 629-654

  Swerts, Marc ^a   Krahmer, Emiel ^b   Avesani, Cinzia ^c  

^a Institute for Perception Research Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0036815906     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.2002.0178     Document Type: Article

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