Alignment of "phrase accent" lows in Dutch falling rising questions: Theoretical and methodological implications

Language and Speech

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-183

  Lickley, Robin J ^a   Schepman, Astrid ^b   Ladd, D Robert ^c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Dutch; FO; Intonation; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344450977     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309050480020201     Document Type: Article

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