Acoustic aspects of vowel harmony in French

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-27

  Nguyen, Noël ^a   Fagyal, Zsuzsanna ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 39149089292     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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