Tonal alignment, syllable structure and coarticulation: Toward an integrated model

Italian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-159

  Xu, Yi ^a,b   Liu, Fang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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