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The Phonetics of Tone and Voice Quality Interactions in Sylheti

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ID5901232
AuthorsAmalesh Gope (0000-0003-2191-4103, Tezpur University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume6
Issue4
Pages154
Publication date2021-09-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages6040154
OpenAlexW3200845067
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

This paper examines the phonetic interactions of tone and voice qualities in Sylheti. Data from six native speakers are examined to understand the voice qualities of the vowels carrying contrastive tones. The results identify three spectral measures (viz., H1*-H2*, H1*-A2*, and H1*-A3*) and one noise measure (viz., CPP) as reliable indicators of modal (or in the continuum of modal to tense) vs. breathy (or, in the continuum of breathy to lax) phonation contrasts in the vowels carrying high and low tone, respectively. Finally, a statistical model is proposed that predicts consistent phonation contrasts across the total duration of the contrastive tones

Acoustics · Audiology · Breathy voice · Fundamental frequency · Linguistics · Modal · Phonation · Phonetics · Physics · Speech recognition · Tone (literature · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech and Audio Processing · Speech Recognition and Synthesis

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