Relational timing in the production and perception of Japanese singleton and geminate stops

Phonetica

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-46

  Idemaru, Kaori ^a   Guion Anderson, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CUES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956736178     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319377     Document Type: Article

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