Subject: [AUDITORY] F0 trajectories in Mandarin vs. English speech From: "Patel, Aniruddh D." <a.patel@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 13:44:59 +0000--_000_SA3PR05MB10385DA9D478D90C76BB4B69CE3432SA3PR05MB10385na_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List, Is anyone aware of studies reporting empirical comparisons of speech fundam= ental frequency trajectories in English vs. Mandarin connected speech? In 1982 Eady published a paper on this topic and found that =93the speech o= f the Mandarin subjects displayed a greater average rate of Fo change than = that of the American subjects. The Chinese speech was also characterized by= more Fo fluctuations (peaks and valleys) as a function of time and as a fu= nction of the number of syllables.=94 (Eady, S. J. (1982). Differences in the F0 patterns of speech: Tone languag= e versus stress language. Language and speech, 25(1), 29-42.) Twenty years later Keating and Kuo revisited this issue and also found some= differences in F0 patterns in the two languages, but also found that the c= hoice of speech materials can influence the results. (Keating, P., & Kuo, G. (2012). Comparison of speaking fundamental frequenc= y in English and Mandarin. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America= , 132(2), 1050-1060.) Is anyone aware of more recent studies? Thanks, Ani Aniruddh D. Patel Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Tufts University CIFAR Fellow Brain, Mind, and Consciousness Program https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel --_000_SA3PR05MB10385DA9D478D90C76BB4B69CE3432SA3PR05MB10385na_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Dear List,</div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr;">Is anyone aware of = studies reporting empirical comparisons of speech fundamental frequency tra= jectories in English vs. Mandarin connected speech?</div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><br> </div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;">In 1982 Eady published a paper on this topic= and found that <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-heig= ht: 107%;"> =93</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; fo= nt-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%;">the speech of th= e Mandarin subjects displayed a greater average rate of <i>F</i></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans", sans-seri= f; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%;"><sub>o</sub>= </span><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-= size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%;"> change than that of the American subjects. The Chinese speech was also characteri= zed by more <i>F</i></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans", sans-seri= f; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%;"><sub>o</sub>= </span><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-= size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%;"> fluctuations (peaks and valleys) as a function of time and as a function of the number = of syllables.=94</span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans&= quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 10= 7%;"><br> </span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans&= quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 10= 7%;">(</span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px= ;">Eady, S. J. (1982). Differences in the F0 patterns of speech: Tone language versus stress language. <i>Language and speech</i= >, <i> 25</i>(1), 29-42.)</span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-seri= f; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px;"><br> </span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;" class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font= -family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51,= 51, 51);">Twenty years later Keating and Kuo revisited this issue and also= found some differences in F0 patterns in the two languages, but also found that the choice of speech materials can influenc= e the results.</span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font= -family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rg= b(51, 51, 51);">(</span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font= -size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15.6933px;">Keating, P., & Kuo, G. (2012). Comparison of speaking fundamental frequency in = English a</span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 3px;">nd Mandarin. <i>The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America</i>, <i>132</i>(2), 105= 0-1060.)</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font= -family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br> </span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans&= quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 10= 7%;">Is anyone aware of more recent studies?</span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans&= quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 10= 7%;"><br> </span></div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans&= quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Thanks,</span>= </div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Open Sans&= quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 10= 7%;">Ani</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embe= ddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br> </span></div> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size= : 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Aniruddh D. 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