Interspeaker variation in habitual speaking rate: Evidence for a neuromuscular component

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 858-866

  Tsao, Ying Chiao ^b   Weismer, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular constraints; Sociolinguistic considerations; Speaking rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 0030743091     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4004.858     Document Type: Article

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