Prosodically-conditioned fine-tuning of coarticulatory vowel nasalization in English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 71-89

  Cho, Taehong ^a   Kim, Daejin ^a   Kim, Sahyang ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Boundary; Coarticulation; Coarticulatory resistance; Phonetic grammar; Prominence; Prosodic strengthening; Vowel nasalization

Indexed keywords

CONSONANT; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NASALITY; SPEECH; VOWEL;

EID: 85009792836     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2016.12.003     Document Type: Article

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