Perception of English consonants in noise by native and Norwegian listeners

Speech Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 968-979

  Van Dommelen, Wim A ^a   Hazan, Valerie ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consonant identification; English; Noise; Non native; Norwegian

Indexed keywords

CONSONANT IDENTIFICATION; ENGLISH; NOISE; NON-NATIVE; NORWEGIAN;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 78649318473     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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