successive intervals in speech (richard.parncutt@xxxxxxxx)


Subject: successive intervals in speech
From:    richard.parncutt@xxxxxxxx <richard.parncutt@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:31:37 +0200
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--_000_1BC4D3D2D84E1F409A5DF07D9C67349401576A8560ARTEMISpersad_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Vos and Troost (1989) showed that the most common interval between successi= ve tones in the melodies of the world is about a major second (2 semitones)= . Has an equivalent experiment been carried out using speech, i.e. what is = the distribution of interval sizes (in % of fundamental frequency, e.g. in = bins a semitone wide) between successive phonemes? To answer this question = it would first be necessary to determine the perceived pitch of each phonem= e. A good approximation might be the fundamental frequency at the p-centre.= I have been snooping around in vain for literature to answer this question= , perhaps I am using the wrong keywords? Please reply privately. Richard Parncutt, Uni Graz, Austria, parncutt@xxxxxxxx --_000_1BC4D3D2D84E1F409A5DF07D9C67349401576A8560ARTEMISpersad_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content= =3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Micros= oft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.E-MailFormatvorlage17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 56.7pt 70.85pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vli= nk=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Vos and Troost (= 1989) showed that the most common interval between successive tones in the = melodies of the world is about a major second (2 semitones). Has an equival= ent experiment been carried out using speech, i.e. what is the distribution= of interval sizes (in % of fundamental frequency, e.g. in bins a semitone = wide) between successive phonemes? To answer this question it would first b= e necessary to determine the perceived pitch of each phoneme. A good approx= imation might be the fundamental frequency at the p-centre. I have been sno= oping around in vain for literature to answer this question, perhaps I am u= sing the wrong keywords? Please reply privately.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DM= soNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Richard Parncutt, Uni Gr= az, Austria, parncutt@xxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>= --_000_1BC4D3D2D84E1F409A5DF07D9C67349401576A8560ARTEMISpersad_--


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