Articulatory, positional and coarticulatory characteristics for clear /l/ and dark /l/: Evidence from two Catalan dialects

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Recasens, Daniel ^a   Espinosa, Aina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS CATALANS   (Spain)

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EID: 33644582586     PISSN: 00251003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025100305001878     Document Type: Article

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