About This Book
This book is about some of the phonetic events that occur in the languages of the world. The data described consist mainly of contrasts observable at the systematic phonetic level in a wide variety of languages.
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3h 22m
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180 WPM
2h 25m
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250 WPM
1h 44m
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350 WPM
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