Contextual influences on the internal structure of phonetic categories: A distinction between lexical status and speaking rate

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 798-810

  Allen, J Sean ^a   Miller, Joanne L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0035404320     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194439     Document Type: Article

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