Effects of initial position versus prominence in English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 466-485

  Cho, Taehong ^a   Keating, Patricia ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70350205593     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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