Effect of Voice Quality on Perceived Height of English Vowels

Phonetica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 76-93

  Lotto, A J ^a   Holt, L L ^a   Kluender, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VOICE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0030631610     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262212     Document Type: Article

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