Schwa elision in fast speech: Segmental deletion or gestural overlap?

Phonetica

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 79-112

  Davidson, Lisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749354320     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095304     Document Type: Article

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