Japanese listeners' perceptions of phonotactic violations

Language and Speech

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-201

  Fais, Laurel ^a   Kajikawa, Sachiyo ^b,c   Werker, Janet ^a   Amano, Shigeaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

^c TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Phonotactics; Vowel devoicing

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344453371     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309050480020301     Document Type: Article

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