Abstract
Speech produced by children is characterized by a high fundamental frequency which complicates measurement of vocal tract resonances, and hence coarticulation. Here two whole-spectrum measures of coarticulation are validated, one temporal and one spectral, that are less sensitive to these challenges. Using these measures, consonant-vowel coarticulation is calculated in the speech of a large sample of 4-year-old children. The measurements replicate known lingual coarticulatory findings from the literature, demonstrating the utility of these acoustic measures of coarticulation in speakers of all ages.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | EL516-EL522 |
Journal | Journal of the Acoustical Society of America |
Volume | 146 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2019 |
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