Developmental trends in voice onset time: Some evidence for sex differences

Phonetica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 196-210

  Whiteside, S P ^a   Marshall, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VOICE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VOICE;

EID: 0035406183     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056199     Document Type: Article

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