Phonetic realization of focus in English declarative intonation

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-197

  Xu, Yi ^a,b   Xu, Ching X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444468491     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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