Analysis of Phonetic Balance in Standard English Passages.
Purpose: A common way of eliciting speech from individuals is by using passages of written language that are intended to be read aloud. Read passages afford the opportunity for increased control over the phonetic properties of elicited speech, of which phonetic balance is an often-noted example. No...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 917 - 931 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Apr2020
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