Identification of acoustically modified Mandarin tones by native listeners

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-563

  Lee, Chao Yang ^a   Tao, Liang ^a   Bond, Z S ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54149112348     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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