In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 87, No. S1 ( 1990-05-01), p. S117-S117
Abstract:
This study reevaluated F2- and F3-onset frequencies as cues for place of articulation. Seven levels of F2-onset frequency, ranging from 600 to 1800 Hz, were factorially combined with eight levels of F3-onset frequency, ranging from 1400 to 4200 Hz, to create 56 synthetic syllables. Subjects were asked to classify each initial phoneme of the syllable into/ba/, /da/,/ga/, or/others/. A canonical correlation analysis was conducted to recover the relationship between the percentage of each response category and the values of F2- and F3-onset frequencies. The canonical correlation structure shows that F2-onset frequency has a high negative correlation with the /ba/ category, and a positive correlation with the/da/ category, while both F2- and F3-onset frequencies are moderately correlated with the /ga/ category. This result suggests that F2-onset frequency is an adequate cue to distinguish /ba/ from /da/. However, both F2- and F3-onset frequencies are interacted to cue /da/ and /ga/ distinction. This result is in contrast to claims that either F2- or F3-onset frequency is a strong cue for three place categories.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
1990
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1461063-2
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