The aerodynamics of nasalization in French

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 578-606

  Delvaux, Véronique ^a,b   Demolin, Didier ^b,c   Harmegnies, Bernard ^b   Soquet, Alain ^b  

^a FNRS   (Belgium)

^b Academie universitaire Wallonie Bruxelles   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Coarticulation; French; Nasal airflow; Nasalization; Vowel

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149112131     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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