A comparison of theoretical and human syllabification

Language and Speech

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-436

  Goslin, Jeremy ^a   Frauenfelder, Ulrich H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Segmentation; Syllabification; Syllable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

HUMANS; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS;

EID: 0035553374     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309010440040101     Document Type: Article

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