Hearing "gay": prosody, interpretation, and the affective judgments of men's speech

American Speech

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-78

  Levon, Erez ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645992165     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2006-003     Document Type: Review

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