A neural mapping hypothesis to explain why velar stops have an allophonic split

Brain and Language

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 294-304

  Sussman, Harvey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory neural space; Coarticulation; F2 transitions; Neuroethology; Topographic maps; Velar stops

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINGUISTICS; PALATE; PHONETICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TONGUE; VOWEL;

EID: 0032755919     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2182     Document Type: Article

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