Phonetics and phonology of thematic contrast in German

Language and Speech

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-493

  Braun, Bettina ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Annotation; Contrast; Information structure; Intonation; ToBI

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847635335     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309060490040201     Document Type: Article

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