The pairwise variability index and coexisting rhythms in language

Phonetica

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 64-77

  Nolan, Francis ^a   Asu, Eva Liina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349169614     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000208931     Document Type: Article

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