The North Wind versus a Wolf: Short texts for the description and measurement of English pronunciation

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-196

  Deterding, David ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33845517427     PISSN: 00251003     EISSN: 14753502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025100306002544     Document Type: Article

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