Intrinsic f0 differences in spoken and sung vowels and their perception by listeners

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 729-738

  Fowler, Carol A ^a,b,c   Brown, Julie M ^a,b  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

HUMANS; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031180552     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206019     Document Type: Article

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