Contrast and phonological activity in manchu vowel systems

Canadian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages

  Elan Dresher, B ^a   Zhang, Xi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/s0008413100003662     Document Type: Article

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