I wanted to find out why Shelley could write better-soundin… - Peter Ladefoged

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I wanted to find out why Shelley could write better-sounding poetry than I.

Peter Ladefoged

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Peter Ladefoged (17 September 1925 – 24 January 2006) was a British linguist and a phonetician.

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Alternative Names: Peter Nielsen Ladefoged

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