Epenthetic vowels in Japanese: A perceptual illusion?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1568-1578

  Dupoux, Emmanuel ^a,c   Hirose, Yuki ^c   Kakehi, Kazuhiko ^b   Pallier, Christophe ^a   Mehler, Jacques ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039129359     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.6.1568     Document Type: Article

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