North American english vowels: A factor-analytic perspective

Literary and Linguistic Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-462

  Clopper, Cynthia G ^a,b   Paolillo, John C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34047216918     PISSN: 02681145     EISSN: 14774615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/llc/fql039     Document Type: Article

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