Tonal association and tonal alignment: Evidence from Greek polar questions and contrastive statements

Language and Speech

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-450

  Arvaniti, Amalia ^a   Ladd, D Robert ^b   Mennen, Ineke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Secondary association; Tonal alignment; Tonal association; Tonal crowding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847655290     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309060490040101     Document Type: Article

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