Rhythm and Vowel Quality in Accents of English

Research in Language

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-13

  Schwartz, Geoff ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

English pronunciation; phonology; rhythm; vowel quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952882677     PISSN: 17317533     EISSN: 20834616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10015-010-0011-8     Document Type: Article

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