Variation and change in the TRAP and STRUT vowels of RP: A real time comparison of five acoustic data sets

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-320

  Fabricius, Anne H ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 36949030031     PISSN: 00251003     EISSN: 14753502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002510030700312X     Document Type: Article

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