Production and perception of voicing and devoicing in similar German and English word pairs by native speakers of German

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-275

  Smith, Bruce L ^a   Hayes Harb, Rachel ^a   Bruss, Michael ^b   Harker, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 68249118646     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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