Variability, overlap, and cue trading in intonation

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ID7900245
AuthorsAmalia Arvaniti (0000-0002-1689-1931), Argyro Katsika, Na Hu (0000-0001-6362-0969)
Year2024
Volume100
Issue2
Pages265-307
Publication date2024-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.2024.a929737
OpenAlexW4399579451
LanguageEN
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We modeled the Greek H*, L+H*, and H*+L pitch accents using functional principal component analysis, followed by statistical modeling and curve reconstruction. The accents were distinguished by F0 height and shape. The data also exhibited cue trading between F0 and duration, as well as systematic context-driven variation and general variability, which led to category overlap comparable to that reported for vowel contrasts. These findings indicate that intonation categories are more similar to segmental categories than previously thought, supporting the view that the study of intonation phonetics and phonology should follow the same principles as the study of segments

Acoustics · Context (archaeology) · Duration (music) · Intonation (linguistics) · Linguistics · Phonetics · Phonology · Physics · Predictability · Principal component analysis · Speech recognition · Statistics · Variation (astronomy) · Vowel · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Mathematics · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology

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