Language categorization by adults is based on sensitivity to durational cues, not rhythm class

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-679

  White, Laurence ^a   Mattys, Sven L ^b   Wiget, Lukas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Prosody; Rhythm class; Speech perception; Speech production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862241978     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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