The Role of Perception in the Sound Change of Velar Palatalization

Phonetica

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 18-52

  Guion, Susan Guignard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031604533     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028423     Document Type: Article

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