Focus on consonants: prosodic prominence and the fortis-lenis contrast in English

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Focus on consonants : prosodic prominence and the fortis-lenis contrast in English. / Hejná, Míša; Jespersen, Anna.

A sound approach to language matters. 2019.

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Hejná, M & Jespersen, A 2019, Focus on consonants: prosodic prominence and the fortis-lenis contrast in English. in A sound approach to language matters.

APA

Hejná, M., & Jespersen, A. (2019). Focus on consonants: prosodic prominence and the fortis-lenis contrast in English. In A sound approach to language matters

Vancouver

Hejná M, Jespersen A. Focus on consonants: prosodic prominence and the fortis-lenis contrast in English. In A sound approach to language matters. 2019

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Hejná, Míša ; Jespersen, Anna. / Focus on consonants : prosodic prominence and the fortis-lenis contrast in English. A sound approach to language matters. 2019.

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