Why are Korean tense stops acquired so early?: The role of acoustic properties

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-211

  Kong, Eun Jong ^a,b   Beckman, Mary E ^b   Edwards, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 79953214882     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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