Rate effects on Swedish VOT: Evidence for phonological overspecification

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-49

  Beckman, Jill ^a   Helgason, Pétur ^b   McMurray, Bob ^c   Ringen, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 79451470962     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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