Phonetic differences between male and female speech

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 621-640

  Simpson, Adrian P ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 63449110624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2009.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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