Voice register in Suai (Kuai): An analysis of perceptual and acoustic data

Phonetica

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 147-171

  Abramson, Arthur S ^a,b   L Thongkum, Theraphan ^c   Nye, Patrick W ^a  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THAILAND; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THAILAND; VOICE;

EID: 13844256468     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082561     Document Type: Article

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