Caught in the ACT: The timing of aspiration and voicing in East Bengali

Language and Speech

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-277

  Mikuteit, Simone ^a   Reetz, Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

East bengali; Lag time measurements; Speech production; Stops and affricates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547218855     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309070500020401     Document Type: Article

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