Durational variability in speech and the Rhythm Class Hypothesis

Laboratory Phonology 7

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 515-546

  Grabe, Esther ^a   Low, Ee Ling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110197105     Document Type: Chapter

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