Physical Analysis of Linguistic Vowel Duration
作者:
Paul J. Jensen,
K. M. N. Menon,
期刊:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(AIP Available online 1972)
卷期:
Volume 52,
issue 2B
页码: 708-710
ISSN:0001-4966
年代: 1972
DOI:10.1121/1.1913164
出版商: Acoustical Society of America
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
This study examined vowel duration in a language (Malayalam of Southern India) whose vowels contrast phonemically in length. A number of acoustic parameters (formant frequency, fundamental frequency, and intensity) concomitant with duration during stimulus production were examined for their potentially contributing effects. Ten CVCV words, differing only with respect to whether the first vowel was short or long, were uttered in a standard frame and later identified by speakers of Malayalam. The average durations of long vowels were approximately twice that of their short vowel counterparts. Analysis of the other acoustic parameters revealed only small and inconsistent differences between the short and long vowel pairs. It was concluded that the linguistic distinction between short and long vowels may reside in the single parameter of duration.
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