The Distinctness of Speakers' /s/-/∫/ Contrast Is Related to Their Auditory Discrimination and Use of an Articulatory Saturation Effect.

This study examines individual differences in producing the sibilant contrast in American English and the relation of those differences to 2 speaker characteristics: (a)use of a quantal biomechanical effect (called a “saturation effect”) in producing the sibilants and (b)performance on a test of sib...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 1259 - 1270
Autores principales: Perkell, Joseph S., Matthies, Melanie L., Tiede, Mark
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Dec2004
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