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A spectrographic investigation of three Welsh diphthongs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Martin J. Ball
Affiliation:
(Cardiff School of Speech Therapy, South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education)

Extract

Studies of Welsh have generally relied upon traditional accounts of the phonetics of the language, in terms of descriptions of articulation with little reference to instrumental investigation (e.g. S. Jones, 1926; Morris-Jones, 1913; Arwyn Watkins, 1961; and most of the unpublished dialect studies presented as theses to the University of Wales). However, certain instrumental studies of Welsh phonetics do exist, although their number and range of topics is limited.

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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1983

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