Analysis of English Nonsense Syllable Recognition in NoisePhonetica - Tập 60 Số 2 - Trang 129-157 - 2003
José R. Benkı́
AbstractEnglish nonsense consonant-vowel-consonant syllables were presented at four different signal-to-noise ratios for recognition. Information theory methods are used to analyze the response data according to segment type and phonological feature, and are consistent with previous studies showing that the consonantal contrast of voicing is more robust than place ...... hiện toàn bộ
Articulatory Vowel Lengthening and Coordination at Phrasal JuncturesPhonetica - Tập 57 Số 1 - Trang 3-16 - 2000
Dani Byrd
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Recent work has demonstrated that progressively stronger prosodic boundaries result in increasing amounts of lengthening for consonant gestures, both preceding and following the boundary. The present experiment extends these earlier findings by considering kinematic data collected with a magnetometer to determine (1) if vocalic gestures demo...... hiện toàn bộ
The Pairwise Variability Index and Coexisting Rhythms in LanguagePhonetica - Tập 66 Số 1-2 - Trang 64-77 - 2009
Francis Nolan, Eva Liina Asu
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The Pairwise Variability Index (PVI) has been widely used as a metric for quan-tifying rhythm in languages, often with a view to placing them on a continuum between notional categories of stress-timing and syllable-timing. We review the history of and rationale for the PVI, and point out three potential anomalies in the way the PVI has been ...... hiện toàn bộ
Rhythm, Timing and the Timing of RhythmPhonetica - Tập 66 Số 1-2 - Trang 46-63 - 2009
Amalia Arvaniti
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This article reviews the evidence for rhythmic categorization that has emerged on the basis of rhythm metrics, and argues that the metrics are unreliable predictors of rhythm which provide no more than a crude measure of timing. It is further argued that timing is distinct from rhythm and that equating them has led to circularity and a psych...... hiện toàn bộ
Phonetic Duration, Phonological Quantity and Prosodic Structure in Inari SaamiPhonetica - Tập 66 Số 4 - Trang 199-221 - 2010
Patrik Bye, Elin Sagulin, Ida Toivonen
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Inari Saami, an endangered Finno-Ugric language of Northern Finland, is reported to have a three-way surface contrast in consonant length (short, halflong and long). We studied disyllabic words (C)V1CxV2(C) using data from 5 native speakers under two conditions, with short and long preceding vowel, V1, and found support for the claim that In...... hiện toàn bộ
The Effect of Local Speaking Rate on the Perception of Quantity in EstonianPhonetica - Tập 60 Số 3 - Trang 187-207 - 2003
Hartmut Traunmüller, Diana Krull
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The Estonian language with its elaborate system of contrasts in quantity, whose essentials are described in the paper, is used to investigate human perception of distinctive contrasts in the duration of vowels, consonants and larger units. In the experiments reported, the speaking rate of a preceding or following syllable was manipulated in ...... hiện toàn bộ
Production Constraints on Utterance-Final Consonant Characteristics in BabblingPhonetica - Tập 54 Số 3-4 - Trang 172-186 - 1997
Melissa A. Redford, Peter F. MacNeilage, Barbara L. Davis
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In order to evaluate hypotheses regarding production constraints on final consonants in babbling, 721 utterance-final consonants produced by 6 infants in consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) syllables were examined and compared with the preceding consonant in the CVC. Consistent with earlier studies, major patterns were observed for each of the t...... hiện toàn bộ