Speech Characteristics of Monozygotic Twins and a Same-Sex Sibling: An Acoustic Case Study of Coarticulation Patterns in Read Speech

Phonetica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-297

  Whiteside, S P ^a   Rixon, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Speech Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TONGUE; TWINS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TONGUE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 1542508603     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076377     Document Type: Article

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