Variation in stop consonant voicing in two regional varieties of American English

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-334

  Jacewicz, Ewa ^a   Fox, Robert Allen ^a   Lyle, Samantha ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 74049094735     PISSN: 00251003     EISSN: 14753502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025100309990156     Document Type: Article

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