Mora or Syllable? Speech Segmentation in Japanese

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 258-278

  Otake, Takashi ^a   Hatano, Giyoo ^a   Cutler, Anne ^b   Mehler, Jacques ^c  

^a Dokkyo University   (Japan)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 34248800020     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1993.1014     Document Type: Article

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