The acoustic and perceptual bases of judgments of women and men's sexual orientation from read speech

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-240

  Munson, Benjamin ^a   McDonald, Elizabeth C ^a   DeBoe, Nancy L ^a   White, Aubrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33744907285     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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