“Sounds of the World’s
Languages” by Ladefoged and Maddieson would be a good place to start,
particularly for formant frequencies…
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Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders
University of Kansas
Dole Center
1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 3001
Lawrence, KS 66045
office: (785)864-1116
Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab: (785)864-0610
http://www.ku.edu/~splh/ipcd/Faculty/FergusonBio.html
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From: AUDITORY - Research in
Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Parncutt
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:35
AM
To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: acoustical differences
between languages
Dear colleagues,
Can anyone point me to information about consistent physical
differences between languages such as English, German, French and Italian
regarding (i) formant frequencies of specific vowels, (ii) the shape of the
vocal tract and (iii) the glottal open quotient?
Richard Parncutt, University of Graz, parncutt at uni-graz dot at