Voice quality and indexical information.
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چکیده
THE outline of a componential descriptive model of voice quality is suggested, in the hope of facilitating discussion about voice quality among phoneticians, linguists, speech therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists. Emphasis is laid on the function of voice quality as an index to biological, psychological and social characteristics of the speaker.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of disorders of communication
دوره 3 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968