Vowel perception: Effects of non-native language vs. non-native dialect

Speech Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 32-42

  Cutler, Anne ^a   Smits, Roel ^a   Cooper, Nicole ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dialect; Non native language; Perceptual confusion; Speech perception; Vowels

Indexed keywords

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIALECT; NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE; PERCEPTUAL CONFUSION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWELS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 24144453091     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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