Non-Sibilant Fricatives in English: Spectral Information above 10 kHz

Phonetica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 107-130

  Tabain, Marija ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031615760     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028427     Document Type: Article

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