On the phonetics of intensifying emphasis in German

Phonetica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-198

  Niebuhr, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; VOICE;

FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 77957854291     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321054     Document Type: Article

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