Stability of temporal contrasts across speaking styles in English and Croatian

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-113

  Smiljanic, Rajka ^a   Bradlow, Ann R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38949136291     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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