Influence of English r-resonances on intelligibility of speech in noise for native English and German listeners

Speech Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1038-1055

  Heinrich, Antje ^a   Flory, Yvonne ^b   Hawkins, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

L2 acquisition; r resonances; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND; ENGLISH SENTENCES; L2 ACQUISITION; R-RESONANCES; WORD FREQUENCIES;

RESONANCE;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 78649328780     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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