Perceptual tests of rhythmic similarity: I. Mora rhythm

Language and Speech

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-99

  Murty, Lalita ^a   Otake, Takashi ^a   Cutler, Anne ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Japanese; Rhythm; Segmentation; Telugu; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248403375     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309070500010401     Document Type: Article

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