Learning to speak. Sensori-motor control of speech movements

Speech Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 251-267

  Bailly, Gérard ^a  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic to articulatory inversion; Coarticulation; Motor control; Speech production; Speech sound acquisition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC TO ARTICULATORY INVERSIONS; COARTICULATION; SENSORY MOTOR CONTROL; SPEECH PRODUCTION; SPEECH SOUND ACQUISITION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031198820     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(97)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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