Sllables in the processing of spoken Italian

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 758-775

  Tabossi, Patrizia ^a   Collina, Simona ^a   Mazzetti, Michela ^b   Zoppello, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034169402     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.2.758     Document Type: Article

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