Perception of Voice Quality

The Handbook of Speech Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 338-362

  Kreiman, Jody ^a   Vanlancker Sidtis, Diana ^b   Gerratt, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychiatric status; Sentential ambiguities; Sexual preference; Verbal communication; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890646459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757024.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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