Patterns and scales of expressive palatalization: Experimental evidence from Japanese

Canadian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-376

  Kochetov, Alexei ^a   Alderete, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84859529256     PISSN: 00084131     EISSN: 17101115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cjl.2011.0028     Document Type: Article

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