The quantification of place of articulation assimilation in electropalatographic data using the similarity index (SI)

Advances in Speech Language Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Guzik, Karita M ^a   Harrington, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clusters; Coarticulation; Electropalatography; Fricatives; Polish

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847275536     PISSN: 14417049     EISSN: 17429528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07268600601094294     Document Type: Article

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