Timing Relationships between Prosodic and Segmental Control in Osaka Japanese Word Accent

Vol. 60, No. 1, 2003

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Timing Relationships between Prosodic and Segmental Control in Osaka Japanese Word Accent
Miyoko Sugito

Institute for Speech Communication Research, Nara, Japan

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Phonetica 2003;60:1-16 (DOI: 10.1159/000070451)

Abstract

This paper examines onset times of prosodic and segmental transitions with corresponding sternohyoid muscle activity in the speech of Osaka Japanese. The synchronization between prosodic and segmental control occurs in words combining a close vowel followed, directly or indirectly, by an open vowel with High-Low accent, including words with devoiced accented vowels. Both segmental and prosodic control mechanisms are associated with the activity of the sternohyoid muscle. We discuss how the observed segmental-prosodic timing relation can be interpreted in terms of muscle contraction control.

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Prof. Dr. M. Sugito
Institute for Speech Communication Research
2-10-4 Asahicho
Nara, 631-0014 (Japan)
Tel. +81 742 43 9121, Fax +81 742 48 0661
E-Mail HQK00661@nifty.ne.jp

Article Information

Received: March 15, 2000
Accepted: December 1, 2002
Number of Print Pages : 16
Number of Figures : 7, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 36

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