On the just noticeable difference for tempo in speech

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-362

  Quené, Hugo ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34249650258     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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