Perception of fricative voice distinctions in Greek
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This is a study of the perception of the voice distinction in Greek fricatives across different places of articulation. The results indicate that: (1) the acoustic correlate of voicing is not a categorical perception effect of fricative voice distinctions; at least not across all places of articulation, and 2) noise duration has a significant effect on fricative voice perception across all places of articulation, but only in conjunction with glottal vibration.
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