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Stop Acoustics

Stop Acoustics. December 7, 2009. Updates. Grading of Production Exercise #4 continues apace. Production Final will be sent out as soon as it’s done. due on Friday the 18th Final Exam info: Friday, December 11th, 3:30-5:30 pm SS 541 (this room). Stop Acoustics Overview.

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Stop Acoustics

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  1. Stop Acoustics December 7, 2009

  2. Updates • Grading of Production Exercise #4 continues apace. • Production Final will be sent out as soon as it’s done. • due on Friday the 18th • Final Exam info: • Friday, December 11th, 3:30-5:30 pm • SS 541 (this room)

  3. Stop Acoustics Overview • Stages of Stop Production • Closing • Closure • Release • Opening • Acoustic Cues for Place of Articulation • Formant transition out of vowel • Closure voicing {or nothing} • Release burst • Formant transition into vowel

  4. Release Bursts • The acoustic characteristics of a stop release burst tend to resemble those of a fricative made at the same place of articulation. • Ex: labial release bursts have a very diffuse spectrum, just like bilabial and labio-dental fricatives. [p] burst

  5. Release Bursts: [t] • Alveolar release bursts tend to lack acoustic energy at the bottom of the spectrum. • To some extent, higher frequency components are more intense. [t] burst

  6. Release Bursts: [k] • Velar release bursts are relatively intense. • They also often have a strong concentration of energy in the 1500-2000 Hz range (F2/F3). • There can often be multiple [k] release bursts. [k] burst

  7. Closure Voicing • During the stop closure phase, only low frequency information escapes from the vocal tract (for voiced stops) • “voicing bar” in spectrogram • analogy: loud music from the next apartment Armenian: [bag] • This acoustic information provides hardly any cues to place of articulation.

  8. [bag] vs. [bak] • From Armenian (another language from the Caucasus) [bag] [bak]

  9. Formant Transitions • The resonant frequencies of the vocal tract change as stop gestures enter or exit the closure phase. • Ex: Formant frequencies usually decrease in making the transition from bilabial stop to vowel (or vice versa)

  10. Formant Transitions: alveolars • For other places of articulation, the type of formant transition that appears is more complex. • From front vowels into alveolars, F2 tends to slope downward. • From back vowels into alveolars, F2 tends to slope upwards.

  11. [hid] [hæd]

  12. Formant Locus • Whether in a front vowel or back vowel context... • The formant transitions for alveolars tend to point to the same frequency value. ( 1650-1700 Hz) • This (apparent) frequency value is known as the locus of the formant transition. • According to one theory of perception... • the locus frequency can be used by listeners to reliably identify place of articulation.

  13. Velar Transitions • Velar formant transitions do not always have a reliable locus frequency for F2. • Velars exhibit a lot of coarticulation with neighboring vowels. • Fronter (more palatal) next to front vowels • Locus is high: 1950-2000 Hz • Backer (more velar) next to back vowels • Locus is lower: < 1500 Hz • F2 and F3 often come together in velar transitions • “Velar Pinch”

  14. The Velar Pinch [bag] [bak]

  15. Fricative Transitions • You get transition cues for fricatives at different places of articulation, too.

  16. Transitions • American : • tongue tip between teeth • British : • tongue tip behind upper teeth • has a little bit of a transition cue

  17. The Remainders • There are a handful of approximants in the IPA which are not considered glides, because they don’t correspond to high vowel articulations. • These approximants correspond to flaps at the same places of articulation. • An alveolar lateral flap is also possible:

  18. Taps and Flaps • There is a technical distinction made between taps and flaps. • Tap: • strictly up and down movement, with brief contact between articulators. • Spanish: “expensive” • Flap: • brief contact during backwards or forwards movement of an active articulator. • N.A. English: “ladder” or “latter” • Note: Deadheaded Ed had edited it.

  19. Tap and Trill Acoustics From Spanish: ‘but’ [pero] ‘dog’

  20. Full Circle • The labio-dental flap was just introduced into the IPA in 2005. • Re-check out the labio-dental flap movie.

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