Temporal properties of spontaneous speech - A syllable-centric perspective

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 465-485

  Greenberg, Steven ^a   Carvey, Hannah ^a   Hitchcock, Leah ^a   Chang, Shuangyu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0345443171     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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