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Effect of Fundamental Frequency on Medial [+Voice] / [–Voice] Judgments

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Published/Copyright: November 20, 2009
Phonetica
From the journal Phonetica Volume 52 Issue 3

Abstract

Previous research has suggested that the direction of short-duration fundamental frequency (F₀) perturbations following consonants helps to signal consonant [+voice]/[––voice] (abbreviated as [voice]) status. It has been proposed that the [voice] cue corresponds to the direction and extent of F₀ perturbations relative to the overall intonation contour. A competing view, the low-frequency hypothesis, suggests that F₀ participates in a more general way whereby low-frequency energy near the consonant contributes to [+voice] judgments. Listeners identified multiple stimulus series, each varying in voice onset time and ranging from /aga/ to /aka/. The series differed in overall intonation contour as well as in the direction of F₀ perturbation relative to that contour. Consistent with one version of the low-frequency hypothesis, the F₀ value at voicing onset, rather than the relative direction of the F₀ perturbation, was the best predictor of [voice] judgments.

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Published Online: 2009-11-20
Published in Print: 1995-05-01

© 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel

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https://doi.org/10.1159/000262170

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Special Section
  2. Contents, Vol. 52, No. 3, 1995
  3. Editors’ Introduction
  4. Paper
  5. Phonetic Explanations for Cross-Linguistic Prosodic Similarities
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  10. Interactions of Fundamental Frequency Contour and Perceived Duration in Norwegian
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  12. Determination of Glottal Excitation Cycles in Running Speech
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  14. Original Paper
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  16. Paper
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