Ultrasound study for patterns of tongue movement in diphthongs, triphthongs, and vowel sequences in Korean, Japanese, and Mandarin
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DOI: 10.1121/1.4987620
Abstract: Diphthongs have formant transitions sensitive to speaking rate, stress, vowel quality, and language ability. Tongue movement typically shows a functional “pivot” where the palate to tongue distance is almost constant; some combinations result in an… read more here.
Keywords: tongue movement; korean japanese; japanese mandarin; vowel sequences ... See more keywords
Masking of synthesized vowel sequences: The potential roles of perceptual segregation
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5035717
Abstract: Modulation masking is known to impact speech intelligibility, but it is not clear how this phenomenon interacts with the perceptual segregation between the target speech and background noise. Using an experimental task in which listeners… read more here.
Keywords: modulation masking; perceptual segregation; vowel sequences; segregation ... See more keywords