Variability in word duration as a function of probability, speech style, and prosody

Language and Speech

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-413

  Baker, Rachel E ^a   Bradlow, Ann R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accenting, duration; Clear speech; Lexical frequency; Second mention reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749083903     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023830909336575     Document Type: Article

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