Structural and dialectal effects on pitch peak alignment in two varieties of British English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-161

  Ladd, D R ^a   Schepman, Astrid ^b   White, Laurence ^c   Quarmby, Louise May ^a   Stackhouse, Rebekah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67349255799     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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