Phonological and statistical effects on timing of speech perception: Insights from a database of Dutch diphone perception

Speech Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-72

  Warner, Natasha ^a,b   Smits, Roel ^a   McQueen, James M ^a   Cutler, Anne ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diphone; Dutch; Feature; Speech perception; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DIPHONE; DUTCH; FEATURE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIMING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 17444373108     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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