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An Acoustical Theory of Vowel Production and Some of its Implications

1961; American Speech–Language–Hearing Association; Volume: 4; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1044/jshr.0404.303

0022-4685

Kenneth N. Stevens, Arthur S. House,

Voice and Speech Disorders

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