Acoustics and perception of velar softening for unaspirated stops

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-211

  Recasens, Daniel ^a,b   Espinosa, Aina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS CATALANS   (Spain)

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EID: 67349227959     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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