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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"pitch contour"”.
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Pitch Contour of Japanese Traditional Verse
… thesis I conduct experiments to investigate how pitch pattern is realized in Japanese Traditional Verses. My observation consists of four parts: (i) investigation of lexical pitch and accentual combinations of Contemporary haiku in prose and in verse (ii) investigation of lexical pitch and …
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Pitch Contour of Japanese Traditional Verse
… thesis I conduct experiments to investigate how pitch pattern is realized in Japanese Traditional Verses. My observation consists of four parts: (i) investigation of lexical pitch and accentual combinations of Contemporary haiku in prose and in verse (ii) investigation of lexical pitch and …
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Accent Conversion via Formant-based Spectral Mapping and Pitch Contour Modification
… accent conversion via formants modification and pitch contour manipulation was investigated. Three different formant-based spectral mappingalgorithms, mean-variance linear conversion, Nth order non-linear conversion and piece-wise linear transformation based on Gaussian mixture model conversion …
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The Effect of Linguistic Experience on the Perception of Pitch Contour
… that experience with tonal features such as pitch height, direction, duration, and contour in the L1 of the listener affect the perception of such features. This study consists of a categorical perception experiment to investigate whether native experience with a tone language affects the …
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Effects of Prosody-Based Instruction and Self-Assessment in L2 Speech Development
… four prosodic measurements: word stress, rhythm, pitch contour, and pitch range. Instructional effects on prosody were observed clearly. The FFI-only group improved their controlled production of rhythm and pitch contour, while the FFI + SA group significantly improved all of the prosodic features …
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The acoustic discrimination and recognition of individual heterospecifics by humans: proximate and ultimate causes
… zebra finches by their songs with and without pitch contour, as well as individual large-billed crows by their calls. In Chapter 2, I focus on the functions associated with individual recognition through vocalizations and what fitness benefits this may entail, specifically in the context of …
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Four-Month-Olds Do Not Prefer But Can Discriminate Infant Directed and Adult Directed Pitch Contours
… the present study was to investigate the role of pitch contours in directing infant attention to adult speech. Several studies have shown that infants from a few days old to 9 months of age prefer infant-directed (ID) over adult-directed (AD) speech. Moreover, 4-month-olds have been shown to …
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Intonation in Indian English and Hindi late and simultaneous bilinguals
… investigating pre-boundary lengthening (PBL), pitch accents and focus. This study shows that simultaneous bilinguals of Hindi and Indian English don’t have two different systems of intonation. They have a merged system probably because they acquired a nativized variety of English; however, …
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An analytical system for electronic music
… the analyst and appreciative listener.In E. M., pitch, duration, loudness, timbre, and the spatial properties of sound have an equal potential to be the primary generator of the musical material. The Analytical System assists the analyst in identifying significant musical events in any parameter. …
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Australian English Rising Intonation: Frequency and Function During Talk-in-Interaction
… that in this variety, a high-rising intonation contour typically used with yes/no questions, is also often used with declarative statements (Guy et al. 1986, Fletcher et al., 2002, 2005). Previous researchers, working with data from sociolinguistic interviews have claimed that the Australian …
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Brain plasticity in speech training in native English speakers learning mandarin tones
… levels of acoustic exaggeration of duration, pitch range, and pitch contour. Behavioral results for the natural speech stimuli revealed significant training-induced improvement in identification of Tones 1, 3, and 4. Improvements in identification of Tone 4 generalized to novel stimuli as …
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Intonation and interface conditions
… instrumentally. The results show that such a pitch contour is possible, and confirms other predictions as well.
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Focal prominence in tone languages: A case study of three Chinese languages
… the study uncovers nuanced modulations of pitch and duration in response to different focus types, including wh-focus, contrastive focus, ‘EVEN’ focus and broad focus. The modulations of pitch contour also illuminate the distinct tonal targets associated with each tonal category. Empirical …
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Neural Encoding of Complex Signals in the Healthy and Impaired Auditory Systems
… processing of acoustic features important for pitch and speech perception, namely the envelope (F0) and temporal fine structure (TFS) (formant structure). In order to capture neural encoding of hearing impaired speech perception in various real-world situations, brainstem representations are …
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Speech Enhancement Methods Based on CASA Incorporating Spectral Correlation
… noise reduction is achieved with improved pitch contour and T-F unit labeling. A new binary mask estimation method is proposed based on convex optimization to reduce artifacts and temporal discontinuity caused by the inaccuracy of binary mask estimation. Signal segregation and pitch …
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Speech Production and Developmental Language Disorder in Children
… patterns. Additionally, I will also measure pitch contour (PC) processing in the context of stress patterning. The theoretical framework adopted for this investigation is the Temporal Sampling Framework. To identify potential differences in stress production, I will compare the speech …