Prosodic planning: Effects of phrasal length and complexity on pause duration

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-179

  Krivokapić, Jelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33847030668     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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