Downstep and high raising: Interacting factors in Yoruba tone production

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-250

  Laniran, Yetunde O ^b   Clements, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3   (France)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038074240     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4470(02)00098-0     Document Type: Review

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