Language-specific patterns of vowel-to-vowel coarticulation: Acoustic structures and their perceptual correlates

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 591-627

  Beddor, Patrice Speeter ^a   Harnsberger James D , J D ^b   Lindemann, Stephanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036816868     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.2002.0177     Document Type: Article

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