Vowel constrictions are recoverable from formants

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-387

  Iskarous, Khalil ^a  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 77955092771     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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