Unmasking the acoustic effects of vowel-to-vowel coarticulation: A statistical modeling approach

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-184

  Cole, Jennifer ^a   Linebaugh, Gary ^b   Munson, Cheyenne ^c   McMurray, Bob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 77952546872     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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