Perception of long vowels in Japanese by children

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-109

  Arai, Takayuki ^a   Ohki, Eriko ^a,b   Iitaka, Kyoko ^a,c  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Children Development Center CoCo   (Japan)

^c NPO Mokuba no Kai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Dyslexia; Long vowel; Phonological awareness; Special mora

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPORAL LOGIC;

CATEGORICAL PERCEPTIONS; DYSLEXIAS; LONG VOWELS; PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS; SPECIAL MORAS; SYMBOLIC STRUCTURES;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 37749040241     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.29.106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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