The effect of speaking rate on consonant vowel coarticulation

Phonetica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 194-209

  Agwuele, Augustine ^a   Sussman, Harvey M ^b   Lindblom, Björn ^b,c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749098406     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000192792     Document Type: Article

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