The Role of Accent Salience and Joint Accent Structure in Meter Perception

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 264-280

  Ellis, Robert J ^a   Jones, Mari R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accent salience; meter perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

HUMANS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60349111752     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013482     Document Type: Article

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