Production and perception of temporal patterns in native and non-native speech

Phonetica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-147

  Bent, Tessa ^a   Bradlow, Ann R ^b   Smith, Bruce L ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 49149085571     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000144077     Document Type: Article

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