Perception and Production of Boundary Tones in Whispered Dutch

W. Heeren*, V. J. Van Heuven

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Abstract

The main cue to interrogativity in Dutch declarative questions is found in the final boundary tone. When whispering, a speaker does not produce the most important acoustic information conveying this: the fundamental frequency. In this paper listeners are shown to perceive the difference between whispered declarative questions and statements, though less clearly than in phonated speech. Moreover, possible acoustic correlates conveying whispered question intonation were investigated. The results show that the second formant may convey pitch in whispered speech, and also that first formant and intensity differences exist between high and low boundary tones in both phonated and whispered speech.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINTERSPEECH 2009: 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 2009, VOLS 1-5
Place of PublicationBAIXAS
PublisherISCA-INST SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOC
Pages2423-2426
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-61567-692-7
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event10th INTERSPEECH 2009 Conference - Brighton, United Kingdom
Duration: 6 Sept 200910 Sept 2009

Conference

Conference10th INTERSPEECH 2009 Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
Period6/09/0910/09/09

Keywords

  • speech perception
  • speech production
  • whispered speech
  • acoustic cues
  • boundary tones
  • LINGUISTIC STRESS
  • SPECTRAL BALANCE
  • PERCEIVED PITCH
  • VOWELS
  • RECOGNITION
  • MANDARIN

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