The DyViS database: Style-controlled recordings of 100 homogeneous speakers for forensic phonetic research

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-57

  Nolan, Francis ^a   McDougall, Kirsty ^a   de Jong, Gea ^a   Hudson, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic features of speech; Forensic phonetic research; Population data; Simulated police interview technique; Standard Southern British English; Stylistic variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349754198     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/ijsll.v16i1.31     Document Type: Article

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