Asymmetries in vowel perception, in the context of the Dispersion- Focalisation Theory

Speech Communication

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-434

  Schwartz, Jean Luc ^a   Abry, Christian ^a   Boë, Louis Jean ^a   Ménard, Lucie ^b   Vallée, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anchor; Focalisation; Peripheral vowels; Salience; Stability; Vowel discrimination

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; DATA REDUCTION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SPEECH; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STABILITY;

ANCHOR; FOCALIZATION; PERIPHERAL VOWELS; SALIENCE; VOWEL DISCRIMINATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 15844374448     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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