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Observations on apico-labials, perception and markedness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Dafydd Gibbon
Affiliation:
(University of Göttingen)

Extract

The aim of this paper is to show how the investigation of a borderline and apparently minor area of phonetics may help to shed light on certain indistinct areas in phonological theory.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1973

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