More on the normalization of syllable prominence ratings

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More on the normalization of syllable prominence ratings. / Sappok, Christopher; Arnold, Denis.
Proceedings of Interspeech 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: INTERSPEECH 2012, Portland, OR, 9 September 2012 - 13 September 2012, 97207. International Speech Communication Association, 2012. p. 2415-2420 (13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012; Vol. 3).

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Sappok, C & Arnold, D 2012, More on the normalization of syllable prominence ratings. in Proceedings of Interspeech 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: INTERSPEECH 2012, Portland, OR, 9 September 2012 - 13 September 2012, 97207. 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012, vol. 3, International Speech Communication Association, pp. 2415-2420, 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Interspeech 2012 , Portland, United States, 09.09.12.

APA

Sappok, C., & Arnold, D. (2012). More on the normalization of syllable prominence ratings. In Proceedings of Interspeech 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: INTERSPEECH 2012, Portland, OR, 9 September 2012 - 13 September 2012, 97207 (pp. 2415-2420). (13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012; Vol. 3). International Speech Communication Association.

Vancouver

Sappok C, Arnold D. More on the normalization of syllable prominence ratings. In Proceedings of Interspeech 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: INTERSPEECH 2012, Portland, OR, 9 September 2012 - 13 September 2012, 97207. International Speech Communication Association. 2012. p. 2415-2420. (13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012).

Bibtex

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