Frequency and category factors in the reduction and assimilation of function words: EPG and acoustic measures

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-364

  Shi, Rushen ^a   Gick, Bryan ^b,c   Kanwischer, Dara ^b   Wilson, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Eletropalatography (EPG); Function words; Palatalization; Usage based models; Vowel reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; SOFT PALATE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 24344453794     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-005-6138-4     Document Type: Article

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