scholarly journals Speech rhythm and language acquisition: an amplitude modulation phase hierarchy perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 1453 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usha Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Amplitude Modulation ◽  
Speech Rhythm ◽  
Modulation Phase

A role for amplitude modulation phase relationships in speech rhythm perception

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 366-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Leong ◽  
Michael A. Stone ◽  
Richard E. Turner ◽  
Usha Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Amplitude Modulation ◽  
Rhythm Perception ◽  
Speech Rhythm ◽  
Phase Relationships ◽  
Modulation Phase

The development of measurable speech rhythm during second language acquisition

2008 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 3886-3886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Gutiérrez Díez ◽  
Volker Dellwo ◽  
Núria Gavaldà ◽  
Stuart Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Speech Rhythm

scholarly journals Capturing Cross-linguistic Differences in Macro-rhythm: The Case of Italian and English

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-263
Author(s):  
Leona Polyanskaya ◽  
Maria Grazia Busà ◽  
Mikhail Ordin
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Speech Processing ◽  
Speech Rhythm ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
Language Difference ◽  
Relative Load ◽  
Higher Regularity ◽  
Cross Language

We tested the hypothesis that languages can be classified by their degree of tonal rhythm (Jun, 2014). The tonal rhythms of English and Italian were quantified using the following parameters: (a) regularity of tonal alternations in time, measured as durational variability in peak-to-peak and valley-to-valley intervals; (b) magnitude of F0 excursions, measured as the range of frequencies covered by the speaker between consecutive F0 maxima and minima; (c) number of tonal target points per intonational unit; and (d) similarity of F0 rising and falling contours within intonational units. The results show that, as predicted by Jun’s prosodic typology (2014), Italian has a stronger tonal rhythm than English, expressed by higher regularity in the distribution of F0 minima turning points, larger F0 excursions, and more frequent tonal targets, indicating alternating phonological H and L tones. This cross-language difference can be explained by the relative load of F0 and durational ratios on the perception and production of speech rhythm and prominence. We suggest that research on the role of speech rhythm in speech processing and language acquisition should not be restricted to syllabic rhythm, but should also examine the role of cross-language differences in tonal rhythm.

Language discrimination by newborns

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 85-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck Ramus
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Temporal Correlation ◽  
Speech Rhythm ◽  
Language Discrimination ◽  
Speech Cues ◽  
Series Of Experiments

Speech rhythm has long been claimed to be a useful bootstrapping cue in the very first steps of language acquisition. Previous studies have suggested that newborn infants do categorize varieties of speech rhythm, as demonstrated by their ability to discriminate between certain languages. However, the existing evidence is not unequivocal: in previous studies, stimuli discriminated by newborns always contained additional speech cues on top of rhythm. Here, we conducted a series of experiments assessing discrimination between Dutch and Japanese by newborn infants, using a speech resynthesis technique to progressively degrade non-rhythmical properties of the sentences. When the stimuli are resynthesized using identical phonemes and artificial intonation contours for the two languages, thereby preserving only their rhythmic and broad phonotactic structure, newborns still seem to be able to discriminate between the two languages, but the effect is weaker than when intonation is present. This leaves open the possibility that the temporal correlation between intonational and rhythmic cues might actually facilitate the processing of speech rhythm.

scholarly journals Investigating Spectral Amplitude Modulation Phase Hierarchy Features in Speech Synthesis

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandros Lazaridis ◽  
Milos Cernak ◽  
Pierre-Edouard Honnet ◽  
Philip N. Garner
Keyword(s):  
Amplitude Modulation ◽  
Speech Synthesis ◽  
Spectral Amplitude ◽  
Modulation Phase

Phonological Characteristics Shared By Questioner And Responder: A Comparison Between Individuals With And Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Daikoku ◽  
Shin-Ichiro Kumagaya ◽  
Satsuki Ayaya ◽  
Yukie Nagai
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Amplitude Modulation ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Speech Rhythm ◽  
Speech Prosody ◽  
Dynamic Processing

How typically developed (TD) persons modulate their speech rhythm while talking to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remains unclear. We aimed to elucidate the characteristics of phonological hierarchy in the verbal communication between ASD individuals and TD persons. TD and ASD respondents were asked by a TD questioner to share their recent experiences on 12 topics. We included 87 samples of ASD-directed speech (from TD questioner to ASD respondent), 72 of TD-directed speech (from TD questioner to TD respondent), 74 of ASD speech (from ASD respondent to TD questioner), and 55 of TD speech (from TD respondent to TD questioner). We analysed the amplitude modulation structures of speech waveforms using probabilistic amplitude demodulation based on Bayesian inference and found similarities between ASD speech and ASD-directed speech and between TD speech and TD-directed speech. Prosody and the interactions between prosodic, syllabic, and phonetic rhythms were significantly weaker in ASD-directed and ASD speech than those in TD-directed and TD speech, respectively. ASD speech showed weaker dynamic processing from higher to lower phonological bands (e.g. from prosody to syllable) than TD speech. The results indicate that TD individuals may spontaneously adapt their phonological characteristics to those of ASD speech.

Beam Splitting Amplitude Modulation Phase Retrieval Imaging

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 0911002
Author(s):  
何西 He Xi ◽  
刘诚 Liu Cheng ◽  
朱健强 Zhu Jianqiang
Keyword(s):  
Amplitude Modulation ◽  
Phase Retrieval ◽  
Beam Splitting ◽  
Modulation Phase

Typology of rhythm reconsidered: an SLA perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Ploquin
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Speech Rhythm ◽  
Statistical Approaches ◽  
Time Theory

AbstractThis paper offers an analysis of various typologies of speech rhythm with a Second Language Acquisition (SLA) perspective. The notion of isochrony and the enduring stress- and syllable-time theory are shown to be perception-, rather than production-, related. Duration-centered statistical approaches are found to measure phonotactics rather than establish a functional typology. It is further argued that no existing rhythmic typology can be recognized as efficiently organizing data to enable grouping and comparison of languages, a highly coveted tool in SLA. The outline of an SLA relevant classification, taking into account phonological elements and phonetic processes, is sketched.

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