Effects of timing regularity and metrical expectancy on spoken-word perception

Phonetica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-67

  Quené, Hugo ^a,c   Port, Robert F ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24144470807     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087222     Document Type: Article

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