Discreteness and gradience in intonational contrasts

Language and Speech

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 283-305

  Gussenhoven, Carlos ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Discreteness; Gradience; Intonation; Phonology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038957802     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309990420020701     Document Type: Article

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