Acoustic characteristics of American English vowels

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 3099-3111

  Hillenbrand, James ^a   Getty, Laura A ^a   Clark, Michael J ^a   Wheeler, Kimberlee ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VOCALIZATION; VOWEL;

ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029060033     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.411872     Document Type: Article

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