Phonetic Fieldwork in the Pacific Northwest
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This paper focuses on how to design and conduct phonetic experiments with speakers of Pacific Northwest languages of North America, focusing on two main topics: 1) challenges related to eliciting data and 2) ethical considerations.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011