Perception of dialect variation in noise: Intelligibility and classification

Language and Speech

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-198

  Clopper, Cynthia G ^a,b   Bradlow, Ann R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialect variation; Speech intelligibility; Speech perception in noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749110680     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023830908098539     Document Type: Article

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