Prosodic strengthening of German fricatives in duration and assimilatory devoicing

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-320

  Kuzla, Claudia ^a   Cho, Taehong ^a,b   Ernestus, Mirjam ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34249707950     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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