Variation, implied pathology, social meaning, and the 'gay lisp': A response to Van Borsel et al. (2009)

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Munson, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; Lisping; Phonetics; Sexual orientation; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIP READING; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE;

EID: 73449089022     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2009.07.002     Document Type: Note

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