The signalling of German rising-falling intonation categories - The interplay of synchronization, shape, and height

Phonetica

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 174-193

  Niebuhr, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34948903349     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107915     Document Type: Article

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