An Articulatory-Perceptual Account of Vocalization and Elision of Dark /l/ in the Romance Languages

Language and Speech

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-89

  Recasens, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS CATALANS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dark l ; Dissimilation; Elision; Romance languages; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SPAIN;

FRANCE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SPAIN;

EID: 1542534705     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002383099603900104     Document Type: Article

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