Phonetics of intonation in South African Bantu languages

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-254

  Zerbian, Sabine ^a   Barnard, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

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EID: 55949113872     PISSN: 16073614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/SALALS.2008.26.2.5.569     Document Type: Review

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