Phonological status, not voice onset time, determines the acoustic realization of onset f0 as a secondary voicing cue in Spanish and English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-95

  Dmitrieva, Olga ^a,b   Llanos, Fernando ^b   Shultz, Amanda A ^b   Francis, Alexander L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English; Onset f0; Secondary cues; Spanish; Voicing; VOT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920895928     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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