Voice-overs in standardized English and Spanish television commercials

Atlantis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-127

  Pennock Speck, Barry ^a   del Saz Rubio, Milagros ^b  

^a Departament de Valéncia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accent; Advertising; Age; Gender; Television; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950758317     PISSN: 02106124     EISSN: 19896840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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