Cross-language differences in fundamental frequency range: A comparison of English and German

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2249-2260

  Mennen, Ineke ^a   Schaeffler, Felix ^b   Docherty, Gerard ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; TWO-DIMENSION;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

LINGUISTICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858979435     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3681950     Document Type: Article

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