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Laurence Labrune (2012). The phonology of Japanese. (The Phonology of the World's Languages.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. xiv + 296.

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Laurence Labrune (2012). The phonology of Japanese. (The Phonology of the World's Languages.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. xiv + 296.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2012

Shigeto Kawahara
Shigeto Kawahara*
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Rutgers University
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Phonology , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , December 2012 , pp. 540 - 548
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