Deconstructing phonetic transcription: Covert contrast, perceptual bias, and an extraterrestrial view of Vox Humana

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 245-260

  Munson, Benjamin ^a   Edwards, Jan ^b   Schellinger, Sarah K ^a,b   Beckman, Mary E ^c   Meyer, Marie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covert contrast; Phonetic transcription; Phonological acquisition; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950229799     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699200903532524     Document Type: Article

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