On the function of stress rhythms in speech: Evidence of a link with grouping effects on serial memory

Language and Speech

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-518

  Boucher, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grouping effects; Prosody; Short term memory; Speech; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847628935     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309060490040301     Document Type: Article

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