Processing dependencies between segmental and suprasegmental features in Mandarin Chinese

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 689-708

  Tong, Yunxia ^a,b   Francis, Alexander ^b   Gandour, Jackson ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHINESE; CONSONANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWEL; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 46649098413     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960701728261     Document Type: Article

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