From hiatus to diphthong: The evolution of vowel sequences in Romance

Phonology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-75

  Chitoran, Ioana ^a   Hualde, Joś Ignacio ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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

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EID: 55049092856     PISSN: 09526757     EISSN: 14698188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095267570700111X     Document Type: Article

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