The Impact of Strong Assimilation on the Perception of Connected Speech

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1632-1647

  Gaskell, M Gareth ^a   Snoeren, Natalie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assimilation; lexical access; phonological variation; speech perception; spoken word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749172300     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0011977     Document Type: Article

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