On place assimilation in sibilant sequences-Comparing French and English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-451

  Niebuhr, Oliver ^a   Clayards, Meghan ^b   Meunier, Christine ^a   Lancia, Leonardo ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960600052     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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