Acoustic differentiation of L- and L-L% in switchboard and radio news speech

Heejin Kim, Tae Jin Yoon, Jennifer Cole, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson

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Abstract

Acoustic evidence for a distinction between low-toned intermediate (ip) and intonational phrase (IP) boundaries is presented from two speech corpora representing spontaneous, conversational speech and scripted broadcast speech. Robust effects of the two boundary levels are found in the phrase-final syllable rime in both corpora. Nucleus duration is longer and the F0 value at rime end is lower at IP boundaries compared to ip boundaries. Glottalization is also more frequent before an IP boundary. Other effects of boundary level on the F0 and intensity contours over the phrase-final rime are evident but variable across the two corpora. These findings support the Beckman- Pierrehumbert theory of intonation [1] in its recognition of two levels of prosodic phrasing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication3rd International Conference on Speech Prosody 2006
EditorsR. Hoffmann, H. Mixdorff
PublisherInternational Speech Communication Association
ISBN (Electronic)9780000000002
StatePublished - 2006
Event3rd International Conference on Speech Prosody, SP 2006 - Dresden, Germany
Duration: May 2 2006May 5 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody
ISSN (Print)2333-2042

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Speech Prosody, SP 2006
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDresden
Period5/2/065/5/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language

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