The phonetic potential of nonhuman vocal tracts: Comparative cineradiographic observations of vocalizing animals

Phonetica

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 205-218

  Fitch, W Tecumseh ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; GOAT; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; LARYNX; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SWINE; VOICE;

ADULT; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DOGS; GOATS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; LARYNX; SPEECH; SWINE; VOICE;

EID: 0034169442     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028474     Document Type: Article

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