The prosodic word is not universal, but emergent

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 657-709

  Schiering, René ^a   Bickel, Balthasar ^b   Hildebrandt, Kristine A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 79551477968     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226710000216     Document Type: Article

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