Comparing the Phonetic Features of English, French, German and Spanish: An Interim Report |
Contents
RESEARCH TECHNIQUES FOR PHONETIC COMPARISON OF LANGUAGES Introduction | 7 |
The Laboratory and its Techniques | 8 |
Divisions of Research | 11 |
Copyright | |
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1817 LIBRARIES acoustic American analysis appears articulation articulatory aspiration cavity changes characteristic charts CHIGAN close closure color combine comparison complete consonants constriction continuation contrast contributes correlates corresponding diphthongs distinctive distribution duration English factors falling Figure final formant four languages frames French frequency frequency of occurrence fricatives front German harmonics impression indicate initial instance intensity learning length less longer lower mainly marked means measured MICHIGAN motion picture movements nasal noise observed occur palate patterns perception pharynx phonemes pitch plosives portion position preceding presented produced pronounced racing raising releasing resonance rise rounding sense groups sentences separate sequences shapes short shows similar sound Spanish spectrograms speech stop stress syllables synthesizer Table target languages tends tion tongue tongue tip transitions UNIV UNIVERSITY unstressed syllables variations vary vocal tract voiced vowels X-ray