Intrinsic F₀ in Tense and Lax Vowels with Special Reference to German

Eli Fischer-Jørgensen

doi:10.1159/000261858

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Intrinsic F₀ in Tense and Lax Vowels with Special Reference to German

Eli Fischer-Jørgensen

Published/Copyright: November 19, 2009

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From the journal Phonetica Volume 47 Issue 3-4

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to show that the observation which is the starting point for almost all attempts at explaining intrinsic fundamental frequency (intrinsic F₀) in vowels, i.e. that it is correlated with vowel height (interpreted as tongue height), does not hold if short lax vowels are included, since they have a considerably lower tongue height but practically the same F₀ as their corresponding tense counterparts. Section 1 contains a discussion of some explanations of intrinsic F₀ and vowel height and a short exposition of its connection with other vowel features. Section 2 gives a survey of the properties of tense and lax vowels based on data from the phonetic literature. Section 3 reports on an investigation of German tense and lax front unrounded vowels, including duration, tongue height, jaw opening, vertical lip opening, formant frequencies, and F₀. Section 4 contains a discussion of various possible explanations of the results.

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Received: 1990-09-27

Accepted: 1991-01-07

Published Online: 2009-11-19

Published in Print: 1990-05-01

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