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5 - Prominence, Contrast, and the Functional Load Hypothesis: An Acoustic Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2016

Jeffrey Heinz
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University of Delaware
Rob Goedemans
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Universiteit Leiden
Harry van der Hulst
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University of Connecticut
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