Perceptual adaptation to segmental and syllabic reductions in continuous spoken Dutch

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-127

  Poellmann, Katja ^a,b   Bosker, Hans Rutger ^a   McQueen, James M ^a,c   Mitterer, Holger ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Segmental reduction; Syllabic reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904874805     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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