Statistical analysis of word-initial voiceless obstruents: Preliminary data

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 115-123

  Forrest, Karen ^a   Weismer, Gary ^a   Milenkovic, Paul ^a   Dougall, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023807045     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.396977     Document Type: Article

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