The role of creaky voice quality in Cantonese tonal perception.

2010 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 2023-2023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiu‐Wai Lam ◽  
Kristine M. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Voice Quality ◽  
Tonal Perception ◽  
Creaky Voice

The role of creaky voice in Cantonese tonal perception

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 1320-1333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine M. Yu ◽  
Hiu Wai Lam
Keyword(s):  
Tonal Perception ◽  
Creaky Voice

The role of creaky voice in Mandarin tone 2 and tone 3 perception

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Cao ◽  
Ratree Wayland ◽  
Edith Kaan
Keyword(s):  
Creaky Voice ◽  
Mandarin Tone

scholarly journals On the Role of Vocal Idioms in Singing

2013 ◽  
pp. 70-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Stark
Keyword(s):  
Reference Point ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Bel Canto ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Critical Literature ◽  
Musical Styles

The identification of particular vocal techniques in singing, which combine to form distinctive vocal idioms, is important for an understanding of both "classical" and "vernacular" musical styles. The modern critical literature on song is based largely on the limited concept of a "word-tone relationship," with musico-poetic synthesis as its ideal. Performance practices are as important to song criticism as is the study of written scores. The elements of voice quality and vocal articulation, with specific reference to the physiology and acoustics of the human voice, provide the analytical tools for defining vocal idioms and their role in the value and success of a song. The description of such idioms requires a rapprochement between vocal history, pedagogy, and science. Using the bel canto paradigm as a reference point, this article discusses a variety of vocal idioms. Gluck's aria, "Che farò senza Euridice" is used to illustrate how an understanding of vocal idioms can alter our judgment of a piece which has sometimes been condemned for its poor word-tone relationship.

The role of pitch in the discrimination of voice quality

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond H. Colton
Keyword(s):  
Voice Quality

The Role of Voice Quality in Mandarin Sarcastic Speech: An Acoustic and Electroglottographic Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 2578-2588
Author(s):  
Shanpeng Li ◽  
Wentao Gu ◽  
Lei Liu ◽  
Ping Tang
Keyword(s):  
Random Forest ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Linear Mixed Model ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Random Forest Algorithm ◽  
Classification Analysis

Purpose Sarcasm is a specialized speech act in daily vocal communication usually characterized by unique prosodic features, but the role of voice quality in expressing sarcasm has not been explored much. The goal of this study is to explore the voice quality features of Mandarin sarcastic speech in comparison to sincere speech. Method Fifteen male and 15 female native speakers of Mandarin uttered 31 target sentences with both sincere and sarcastic attitudes. Nine voice quality parameters extracted from the acoustic and electroglottographic signals were analyzed using a linear mixed model, and a classification analysis using a random forest algorithm was conducted to identify the relative contribution of these parameters to the differentiation between sincere and sarcastic utterances. Results In comparison to sincere speech, sarcastic speech had a creakier voice, which was characterized by a lower fundamental frequency, a greater degree of vocal fold adduction (i.e., higher contact quotient), lesser noise (i.e., higher harmonics-to-noise ratio), and more multiple pulsing (i.e., higher subharmonic-to-harmonic ratio). The interaction effect revealed a gender difference in the use of creakier voice to express sarcasm in Mandarin. The classification analysis using the random forest algorithm showed that the nine voice quality parameters resulted in 84.0% and 83.7% identification rates for sarcastic and sincere utterances, respectively. Conclusions The results of this preliminary study support the role of voice quality in expressing sarcasm in Mandarin speech. Using a set of voice quality parameters, sarcastic and sincere utterances can be effectively identified. Furthermore, there is a gender difference in the use of creakier voice in expressing Mandarin sarcastic speech. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.12743780

The Role of Voice Quality in the Perception of Prominence in Synthetic Speech

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Murphy ◽  
Irena Yanushevskaya ◽  
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide ◽  
Christer Gobl
Keyword(s):  
Voice Quality ◽  
Synthetic Speech

scholarly journals Accommodation of L2 Speech in a Repetition Task: Exploring Paralinguistic Imitation

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-406
Author(s):  
Léa Burin
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Relevant Parameter ◽  
Vowel Duration ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Phonetic Convergence ◽  
Creaky Voice ◽  
Repetition Task

Phonetic convergence is the process by which a speaker adapts his/her speech to sound more similar to his/her interlocutor. While most studies analysing this process have been conducted amongst speakers sharing the same language or variety, this experiment focuses on imitation between non-native and native speakers in a repetition task. The data is a fragment from the ANGLISH corpus designed by Anne Tortel (Tortel, 2008). 40 French speakers (10 male intermediate, 10 male advanced, 10 female intermediate and 10 female advanced learners) were asked to repeat a set of 20 sentences produced by British native speakers. Segmental (vowel quality), suprasegmental (vowel duration) and voice quality were analysed. Level of proficiency, gender and model talker were taken as independent variables. Level appeared not to be a relevant parameter due to a high amount of inter-individual variability amongst groups. Somewhat contradictory results were observed for vowel duration and F1-F2 distance for male learners converged more than female learners. Our hypothesis that low vowels display a higher degree of imitation, and especially within the F1 dimension (Babel, 2012), was partially validated. Convergence in vowel duration in order to sound more native-like was also observed (Zając, 2013). Regarding the analysis of voice quality, and more particularly of creaky voice, observations suggest that some advanced female learners creaked more than the native speakers and more in the reading task, which indicate, both linguistic idiosyncrasy and accommodation towards the native speakers. Low vowels seem also to be more likely to be produced with a creaky voice, especially at the end of prosodic constituents.

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