Articulation rate across dialect, age, and gender

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-256

  Jacewicz, Ewa ^a   Fox, Robert A ^a   O'Neill, Caitlin ^a   Salmons, Joseph ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 70449354643     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394509990093     Document Type: Article

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