The role of syllable structure in external sandhi: An EPG study of vocalisation and retraction in word-final English /l/

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-259

  Scobbie, James M ^a   Pouplier, Marianne ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 77952541449     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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