Phonetic category structure of [I]: Extent, best exemplars, and organization

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1406-1424

  Sussman, Joan E ^a   Gekas, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Best exemplar; Prototype; Speech perception; Vowels i and I

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOWEL;

EID: 0031456668     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4006.1406     Document Type: Article

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