Prosodic effects on acoustic cues to stop voicing and place of articulation: Evidence from Radio News speech

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-209

  Cole, Jennifer ^a   Kim, Heejin ^a   Choi, Hansook ^a   Hasegawa Johnson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 33847184280     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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