Interaction between prosody and intelligibility

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-331

  Klopfenstein, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligibility; Phonology; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049155077     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549500903003094     Document Type: Review

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