A phonological analysis of schwa in German first language acquisition

Canadian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages

  Kehoe, Margaret ^a   Lleó, Conxita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 4544382920     PISSN: 00084131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0008413100000682     Document Type: Review

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