On the (non)categorical perception of lexical tones

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1029-1044

  Francis, Alexander L ^a   Ciocca, Valter ^b   Chit Ng, Brenda Kei ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0347592206     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194832     Document Type: Article

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