Perceived prominence and scale types

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Perceived prominence and scale types. / Tøndering, John; Jensen, Christian.

Proceedings Fonetik 2005: the XVIIIth Swedish Phonetics Conference, May 25–27, 2005, Göteborg. ed. / Anders Eriksson; Jonas Lindh. 2005. p. 111-114.

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Harvard

Tøndering, J & Jensen, C 2005, Perceived prominence and scale types. in A Eriksson & J Lindh (eds), Proceedings Fonetik 2005: the XVIIIth Swedish Phonetics Conference, May 25–27, 2005, Göteborg. pp. 111-114, Fonetik 2005, Göteborg, Sweden, 25/05/2005.

APA

Tøndering, J., & Jensen, C. (2005). Perceived prominence and scale types. In A. Eriksson, & J. Lindh (Eds.), Proceedings Fonetik 2005: the XVIIIth Swedish Phonetics Conference, May 25–27, 2005, Göteborg (pp. 111-114)

Vancouver

Tøndering J, Jensen C. Perceived prominence and scale types. In Eriksson A, Lindh J, editors, Proceedings Fonetik 2005: the XVIIIth Swedish Phonetics Conference, May 25–27, 2005, Göteborg. 2005. p. 111-114

Author

Tøndering, John ; Jensen, Christian. / Perceived prominence and scale types. Proceedings Fonetik 2005: the XVIIIth Swedish Phonetics Conference, May 25–27, 2005, Göteborg. editor / Anders Eriksson ; Jonas Lindh. 2005. pp. 111-114

Bibtex

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