Standardization of the Prosody in Use Battery (PUB): A speech prosody perception test in Danish

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Standardization of the Prosody in Use Battery (PUB): A speech prosody perception test in Danish. / Morris, David Jackson; Kristensen, Line Burholt; Tøndering, John.

In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, Vol. 33, No. 12, 05.2019, p. 1165-1183.

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Morris, DJ, Kristensen, LB & Tøndering, J 2019, 'Standardization of the Prosody in Use Battery (PUB): A speech prosody perception test in Danish', Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 1165-1183. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2019.1615990

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Morris, D. J., Kristensen, L. B., & Tøndering, J. (2019). Standardization of the Prosody in Use Battery (PUB): A speech prosody perception test in Danish. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 33(12), 1165-1183. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2019.1615990

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Morris DJ, Kristensen LB, Tøndering J. Standardization of the Prosody in Use Battery (PUB): A speech prosody perception test in Danish. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 2019 May;33(12):1165-1183. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2019.1615990

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Morris, David Jackson ; Kristensen, Line Burholt ; Tøndering, John. / Standardization of the Prosody in Use Battery (PUB): A speech prosody perception test in Danish. In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 2019 ; Vol. 33, No. 12. pp. 1165-1183.

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