An acoustic analysis of 'happy-tensing' in the Queen's Christmas broadcasts

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-457

  Harrington, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 33751164221     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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