Voice register in Khmu': Experiments in production and perception

Phonetica

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 80-104

  Abramson, Arthur S ^a,b   Nye, Patrick W ^a   Luangthongkum, Theraphan ^c  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THAILAND; VOICE;

CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; THAILAND; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 34948880787     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107911     Document Type: Article

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