Asymmetries in the acquisition of consonant clusters in Spanish

Canadian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages

  Barlow, Jessica A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20244371624     PISSN: 00084131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0008413100000645     Document Type: Review

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