Speech Science: Tongue Twisters and Valley Girls

  • Published19 Nov 2014
  • Reviewed19 Nov 2014
  • Source Science Friday

Listen to Speech Science: Tongue Twisters and Valley Girls

Psycholinguist Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel untangles tongue twisters to look at speech planning patterns, and professor Amalia Arvaniti discusses the “Valley Girl” dialect.

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