Contrast and accent in Dutch and Romanian

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-397

  Swerts, Marc ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 34249678503     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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