Influence of syllable-coda voicing on the acoustic properties of syllable-onset /l/ in English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-231

  Hawkins, Sarah ^a   Nguyen, Noël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Accents of British English; Acoustics; Fricative; Liquid; Perception; Syllable coda voicing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344147481     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4470(03)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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