Speech, song, and the minor third: An acoustic study of the stylized interjection

Music Perception

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 441-462

  Day O'Connell, Jeremy ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calling contour; Minor third interval; Music and language; Speech intonation; Universals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879817495     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/MP.2013.30.5.441     Document Type: Article

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