Emotion in the sounds of pets' names

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-124

  Whissell, Cynthia ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANIMAL; CAT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAMES;

EID: 33646787853     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.1.121-124     Document Type: Review

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