A cross-linguistic acoustic study of voiceless fricatives

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-174

  Gordon, Matthew ^a   Barthmaier, Paul ^a   Sands, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84937377433     PISSN: 00251003     EISSN: 14753502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025100302001020     Document Type: Article

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