The Acquisition of a Complex Phonological Contrast: Voice Timing Patterns of English Initial Stops by Native French Speakers

Phonetica

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 86-110

  Laeufer, Christiane ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542605396     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262190     Document Type: Article

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