Understanding near mergers: The case of morphological tone in Cantonese

Phonology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-214

  Yu, Alan C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 60949593970     PISSN: 09526757     EISSN: 14698188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952675707001157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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