A voice for the voiceless: Production and perception of assimilated stops in French

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-268

  Snoeren, Natalie D ^a   Hallé, Pierre A ^a,b   Segui, Juan ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Psychologie Expérimentale   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 33744829009     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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