Gradient phonemic contrast in Nanjing Mandarin
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Gradient phonemic contrast in Nanjing Mandarin
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0001-4966
DOI: 10.1121/1.4969720