Tonal contrasts and initial consonants: A case study of tamang, a 'missing link' in tonogenesis

Phonetica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-256

  Mazaudon, Martine ^a,b   Michaud, Alexis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LACITO CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH;

ADULT; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS;

EID: 60749096773     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000192794     Document Type: Article

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