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Introduction: between stress and tone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2006

Bert Remijsen  and
Vincent J. van Heuven
Bert Remijsen
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Vincent J. van Heuven
Affiliation:
University of Leiden
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In any study of empirical phenomena, the unusual holds particular attraction. The Bird of Paradise with its amazing feathers, the monolithic baobabs and the joint nursing of emperor penguins are phenomena that catch the imagination of the specialist and the interested lay person alike. The scientific study of ‘outliers’ holds particular promise, often revealing a system's complexity that is not evident when studying simpler phenomena.

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Introduction
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Phonology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , August 2006 , pp. 121 - 123
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

Footnotes

We gratefully acknowledge the International Institute for Asian Studies, the organisers and main sponsors of the Between Stress and Tone conference, held in Leiden from 16 to 18 June 2005, for their excellent support both in the preparation and in the running of the conference.We also thank the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council for supporting Bert Remijsen's involvement in this project with postdoctoral research grants (NWO 355-70-014 and AHRC 19394 respectively).