The perception of primary and secondary stress in English

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-265

  Mattys, Sven L ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034132197     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205547     Document Type: Article

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