Production and perception of a sound change in progress: Tone merging in Hong Kong Cantonese

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-370

  Mok, Peggy P K ^a   Zuo, Donghui ^a   Wong, Peggy W Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84885155137     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394513000161     Document Type: Review

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