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Book Nasals Nasalization and the Velum

Download or read book Nasals Nasalization and the Velum written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although nasalization has been discussed in the context of more general aspects of linguistics in other books, this text is the first and primary resource focusing solely on nasalization. This volume features articles discussing all aspects of nasalization, including physiology, perception, aerodynamics, acoustics, phonetic and phonological representations, research methodology, and instrumentation. Each chapter examines important research advances achieved within the last ten years and closes with a detailed discussion of the current research.

Book How Nosy Are You

Download or read book How Nosy Are You written by Ann Aly Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Although it is acknowledged that Portuguese has a phonemic contrast between oral and nasal vowels, few acoustic studies examine their acoustic traits and differences. Some of these studies include Kelm (1989), which focuses on the difference between oral and nasal /a/ in southern Brazil, Gigliotti de Sousa (1994), which investigates nasal and oral monophthongs in southern Brazil, and Moraes et al. (2002) gives an acoustic description of oral vowels from various regions of Brazil. The present study contributes to the investigation of vowels in Portuguese with an acoustic study of oral and nasal vowels in 6 speakers from various regions of Brazil. In addition, it examines the acoustic realization of oral and nasal vowels in 4 L1 speakers of Spanish learning Portuguese as an L3, on which there are no previous studies. The main objectives are (i) to compare articulatory differences between oral and nasal vowels, such as height, advancement, and duration and (ii) to examine whether L2 Portuguese speakers are able to contrast between oral and nasal vowels in Portuguese. Data was analyzed using Praat (Boesrma and Weenink 2012). Results for vowel duration reveal a significant effect for type of vowel (oral or nasal) for all cases except /a/. The difference between oral and nasal vowels was mediated by the L1 only for /i/. There was also a significantly longer duration within both L1 groups for nasal /i/ when compared to oral /i/. Because the production of nasal vowels includes velic lowering (Kelm 1989), it is expected that nasal vowels differ in height from oral vowels. Analysis of formant frequencies showed a significant height difference for nasal /a/, but not the other vowels examined. Anti-resonance frequencies showed high amounts of variation, which could be due to the small sample size or individual differences in vocal tract size. There were no significant differences due to L1 for nasal murmurs, formants, or anti-resonances, which suggests that the L1 Spanish participants are at a level of competence which allows for inhibition of their L1 and near-native production of vowels in a typologically related language.

Book The Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics written by Rachael-Anne Knight and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phonetics - the study and classification of speech sounds - is a major sub-discipline of linguistics. Bringing together a team of internationally renowned phoneticians, this handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent, cutting-edge work in the field, and focuses on the most widely-debated contemporary issues. Chapters are divided into five thematic areas: segmental production, prosodic production, measuring speech, audition and perception, and applications of phonetics. Each chapter presents an historical overview of the area, along with critical issues, current research and advice on the best practice for teaching phonetics to undergraduates. It brings together global perspectives, and includes examples from a wide range of languages, allowing readers to extend their knowledge beyond English. By providing both state-of-the-art research information, and an appreciation of how it can be shared with students, this handbook is essential both for academic phoneticians, and anyone with an interest in this exciting, rapidly developing field.

Book Nasal Vowel Evolution in Romance

Download or read book Nasal Vowel Evolution in Romance written by Rodney Sampson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide range of philological and linguistic materials, Rodney Sampson provides for the first time a detailed comparative study tracing the rise and pattern of the evolution of nasal vowels in Romance; a family of language in which vowel nasalization has been richly represented. Developments across all the standard varieties and some non-standard varieties are considered, enabling broad characteristics of vowel nasalization in Romance to be identified.

Book The Acoustic Analysis of Speech

Download or read book The Acoustic Analysis of Speech written by Raymond D. Kent and published by Singular. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Acoustic Analysis Of Speech presents essential information on modern methods for the acoustic analysis of speech. It assumes only a modest technical background and is intended for the reader who wants to know the basic issues in speech analysis but does not have an extensive background in engineering, physics or mathematics. The book discusses the basic methods for the acoustic analysis of speech in relation to (a) the acoustic theory of speech production and (b) measures of primary interest to speech scientists, speech-language pathologists, linguists, psychologists or others who are interested in the acoustic signal of speech. Readers will gain an understanding of theory, methods and databases pertaining to speech acoustics. The book offers a simple and straightforward explanation of all aspects of acoustic analysis from recording the signal, to analysis methods, to sources of data on phonetic and suprasegmental aspects of speech. Includes reference to acoustic data for several languages in addition to English. The book is written at a general introductory level for course in Speech Science; Speech Acoustics; Experimental Phonetics and Laboratory Instrumentation for Speech and Hearing.

Book Coarticulatory Vowel Nasalization in Modern Greek

Download or read book Coarticulatory Vowel Nasalization in Modern Greek written by Evanthia Diakoumakou and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Acoustic Analysis of Labialization of Coronal Nasal Consonants in American English

Download or read book An Acoustic Analysis of Labialization of Coronal Nasal Consonants in American English written by Elisabeth A. Hon and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A challenge for speech recognition models is to account for the variation between natural connected speech forms and the canonical forms of the lexicon. This study focuses on one particular sound change common in conversational speech, in which word-final coronal nasal consonants undergo place assimilation toward following word-initial labial consonants. Formant frequency measurements were taken from words ending with coronal nasal consonants in potentially assimilating sentence contexts, and identical words ending in labial nasal consonants, across vowel contexts. The frequency of the second formant at vowel offset and during nasal closure was found to be sufficient to discriminate between underlying forms. There was evidence that even strongly-assimilated coronal segments differ on the basis of these cues from their pure labial counterparts. It is hypothesized that listeners can use these acoustic cues to uncover the intended place of articulation of assimilated segments, without recourse to phonological inference or sentence context.

Book Vowel Perception and Production

Download or read book Vowel Perception and Production written by B. S. Rosner and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1994-07-21 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last 50 years have witnessed a rapid growth in the understanding of the articulation and the acoustics of vowels. Contemporary theories of speech perception have concentrated on consonant perception, and this volume is intended as a balance to such bias. The authors propose a computational theory of auditory vowel perception, accounting for vowel identification in the face of acoustic differences between speakers and speaking rate and stress. This work lays the foundation for future experimental and computational studies of vowel perception.

Book Acoustic Measurement of Linguistic Change The Modern Paris Vowel System

Download or read book Acoustic Measurement of Linguistic Change The Modern Paris Vowel System written by Matthew Lennig and published by Matthew Lennig. This book was released on 1978-08-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research describes how the pronunciation Parisian French is changing through the dimensions of time and social class. This study is based on field recordings made in 1975 and 1977. Vowel formant frequencies in spontaneous speech were analyzed using real-time spectral analysis and linear predictive coding. Vowel formants were normalized across speakers. Step-wise regression was used to determine the effects of age, sex, and social class on the pronunciation of the oral vowels of Parisian French.

Book Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bangla Language Processing

Download or read book Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bangla Language Processing written by Karim, M. A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many take advantage of software and hardware accessibility in the English language. However, for non native speakers, this inevitably becomes a problem; specifically for the complex Bangla language which is not easily integrated into the world of technology. Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bangla Language Processing addresses the difficulties as well as the overwhelming benefits associated with creating programs and devices that are accessible to the speakers of the Bangla language. Professionals, students, and researchers interested in expanding the fields of computing, information and knowledge management, and communication technologies in the non-English realm will benefit from this comprehensive collection of research.

Book Working Papers in Phonetics

Download or read book Working Papers in Phonetics written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Denasalization of French Nasal Vowels in Liaison

Download or read book The Denasalization of French Nasal Vowels in Liaison written by Adam Frank McBride and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional descriptions have characterized nasal vowels in Northern Metropolitan French (NMF) as either maintaining nasality or denasalizing completely in position of liaison. However, while research in both vowel nasality and liaison has progressed greatly in recent decades, little has been said of their intersection, particularly at an acoustic level. This study uses a variety of acoustic measures to describe how nasal vowels are produced in liaison and how vowel denasalization is manifested acoustically for speakers of NMF. Findings indicate that many speakers seem to fully denasalize in liaison but other patterns emerge. A few speakers seem to denasalize very little in liaison, while others produce partially nasalized vowels that appear to be neither fully oral nor fully nasal. This suggests a possible, partially-nasalized allophone for oral-nasal vowel pairs. Additionally, an alternative production for the possessive determiner son ‘his/her/one’s’ in liaison is observed. The nasal vowels of these determiners are traditionally described as maintaining nasality in liaison, but in a considerable number of the determiners, the nasal vowel was deleted in liaison, with the nasal onset consonant syllabifying with the onset of the following vowel. Just as the realization of liaison has been shown in recent years to vary from speaker to speaker and word to word, the acoustic findings presented in this work imply that nasal vowels in liaison are not always denasalized as predicted. The implication is that other factors such as phonological context, frequency of collocation, and social/individual difference influence whether or not a vowel is denasalized.

Book Research Methods in Linguistics

Download or read book Research Methods in Linguistics written by Robert J. Podesva and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to conducting research projects in linguistics, this book provides a complete training in state-of-the-art data collection, processing, and analysis techniques. The book follows the structure of a research project, guiding the reader through the steps involved in collecting and processing data, and providing a solid foundation for linguistic analysis. All major research methods are covered, each by a leading expert. Rather than focusing on narrow specializations, the text fosters interdisciplinarity, with many chapters focusing on shared methods such as sampling, experimental design, transcription and constructing an argument. Highly practical, the book offers helpful tips on how and where to get started, depending on the nature of the research question. The only book that covers the full range of methods used across the field, this student-friendly text is also a helpful reference source for the more experienced researcher and current practitioner.