Effects of pitch range variation on f0 extrema in an imitation task

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-551

  Dilley, Laura C ^a   Brown, Meredith ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 36448988559     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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