The acoustic correlates of perceived masculinity, perceived femininity, and perceived sexual orientation

Language and Speech

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-142

  Munson, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sexual orientation; Sociophonetics; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248341015     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309070500010601     Document Type: Article

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