Naslov
ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CROATIAN CARDINAL VOWEL FORMANTS (F1, F2, F3)

Autori
Varošanec-Škarić, Gordana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Speech and Language 2015. / Sovilj, Mirjana ; Suboti
ć, Miško - Beograd : The Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, 2015, 14-15

ISBN
978-86-89431-06-3

Skup
Speech and Language 2015.

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 17.10.2015. - 18.10.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
vowels; formant values; Croatian Received Pronunciation

Sažetak
It is usual in forensic context to measure formant values (F1, F2, F3) in speech. Formant values in previous research were measured in nonsense words or in several phonemes, therefore the aim of this paper was to determine standard values for Croatian Received Pronunciation (RP) for male (N=14, mean age 33) and female (N=14, mean age 30) speakers in words. The results can be used for comparison with vowel pronunciation in dialects and idiosyncratic variations or with vowel pronunciation in telephone transmission. 10 two-syllable words with different phonetic contexts were chosen for every vowel ; every vowel was in stressed position with each of the four Croatian accents and the words were pronounced with falling intonation as statements. F1 and F2 values were presented through vowel space chart indicating the distance between vowels. The average formant values were measured in Praat program and also standard deviation, minimum and maximum formant values (Hz). The results were compared with previous acoustic findings especially for F1 and F2. As expected, the highest F1 value was found for vowel [a] (835 Hz for female speakers and 707 for male speakers), it was confirmed that the front/back position of vowel influences F2 values: the most fronted vowel in Croatian is [i] and it has the highest average F2 value (2375 Hz for female speakers and 2177 for male speakers). It was also comfirmed that for F1 values the most important is pharyngeal resonance and resonance in the back part of oral cavity since due to the contractions in those areas vowel [i] has the lowest values while the most resonant vowel [a] has the highest values. F3 values will be important for comparisons of various vowel pronunciations since F3 does not distort in telephone transmission or shows less distortions than F1 for most vowels. vowels, formant values, Croatian Received Pronunciation

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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