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Connected speech processes

Connected speech processes. Coarticulation Suprasegmentals. What is coarticulation?. What is coarticulation?. “An event in speech production in which adjustments of the speech production system are made simultaneously for two or more speech sounds” (Kent). What is coarticulation?.

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Connected speech processes

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  1. Connected speech processes Coarticulation Suprasegmentals

  2. What is coarticulation?

  3. What is coarticulation? • “An event in speech production in which adjustments of the speech production system are made simultaneously for two or more speech sounds” (Kent)

  4. What is coarticulation? • In other words, the features of speech elements will vary depending upon the context in which they are produced

  5. Terms used that refer to this general concept • Coarticulation • Coproduction • Contextual variation

  6. Kinds of coarticulation • A speech event can be influenced by a previous event OR • A speech event can be influenced by an upcoming event

  7. Coarticulation • Anticipatory (right-to-left) coarticulation • A segment’s features are influenced by upcoming segment S1 S2

  8. Coarticulation • Carryover (left-to-right) coarticulation • A segment’s features are influenced by a previous segment S1 S2

  9. Examples of anticipatory coarticulation • Lip protrusion has been observed three (or more) consonants in advance of a rounded vowel • e.g. /stu/ (“stew”) will exhibit lip rounding through the /s/ and /t/

  10. An (in)famous coarticulation study Anticipatory coarticulation: Some implications from study of lip rounding by Fredericka Bell-Berti & Katherine Harris Haskins Laboratory New Haven CT Published in JASA Vol 65(3) 1979

  11. Examples of anticipatory coarticulation • Velopharyngeal opening can occur two vowels in advance of a nasal consonant • e.g. /an/ will exhibit V-P opening during the /a/

  12. Examples of anticipatory coarticulation • Jaw opening for an open vowel may be observed two consonants in advance of the vowel

  13. Examples of carryover coarticulation • Velopharyngeal opening can continue into a vowel following a nasal consonant • e.g. /nat/ will exhibit V-P opening during the /a/

  14. Why is there coarticulation? • Articulators cannot make quantum leaps from one static position to another

  15. Carryover coarticulation A possible reason? • Articulator are ‘sluggish’ and it takes time to move on to the next sound

  16. Anticipatory coarticulation A possible reason? • Articulator are ‘sluggish’ and it takes time to move on to the next sound

  17. Connected speech processes Coarticulation Suprasegmentals

  18. Suprasegmentals • Intonation • Stress • Duration

  19. Intonation • Manner in which Fo is varied to mark linguistic aspects of speech • Fo/pitch contour • Rise-fall pattern typical for declarative sentences • Start-frequency - variable • End-frequency - stable

  20. Sound pressure waveform start Fo end Fo Fo contour

  21. Intonation • End-frequency may be related to the physiology of phonation • Completing a speech breath – Psg is lower ~ lower Fo

  22. But, this doesn’t have to be the case…

  23. Intonation • Questions are marked by a rising Fo contour • Can override patterns for linguistic purposes

  24. Stress • Not the kind of stress you get around exam time • Stress is applied to parts of speech • For example, • Lexical stress • Emphatic stress

  25. Stress • Stress typically marked by • Higher Fo • Higher intensity • Longer duration • Vowels will be more clearly articulated than unstressed • Perception of stress will result from some combination of these acoustic features

  26. Duration • The length of speech sounds • Why are sounds as long as they are? • Physical requirements of their production • Phonetic distinction (i.e. vowel length) • Context in which they are produced • Overall rate of speech

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