On explaining certain male-female differences in the phonetic realization of vowel categories

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-208

  Diehl, Randy L ^a   Lindblom, Björn ^a,b   Hoemeke, Kathryn A ^a   Fahey, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0030116285     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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