The encoding of prominence relations in supra-laryngeal articulation across speaking styles

Speakers modify their supra-laryngeal articulation on the one hand as a function of prosodic prominence and on the other hand as a function of speaking style. Articulatory movements are spatio-temporally expanded in words that are highlighted due to prosodic strengthening, but also in utterances tha...

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Main Authors: Doris Mücke, Lena Pagel, Simon Roessig
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Published: Open Library of Humanities 2024-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/10900/
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description Speakers modify their supra-laryngeal articulation on the one hand as a function of prosodic prominence and on the other hand as a function of speaking style. Articulatory movements are spatio-temporally expanded in words that are highlighted due to prosodic strengthening, but also in utterances that are produced in a loud speaking style. What remains unclear, to date, is how these two phenomena interact, or, in other words, how prominence relations are encoded in loud speech. In this paper, we use electromagnetic articulography to investigate lip and tongue kinematics and analyze selected acoustic parameters across several focus conditions in habitual and loud speech. Prosodic prominence relations are studied as the simultaneous strengthening of highlighted words and the attenuation of words in the background. The results show that prominence relations can be encoded multidimensionally in loud speech. Some modifications are even stronger in loud speech than in habitual speech, despite the general articulatory modifications associated with a loud speaking style. In both speaking styles, the attenuation of words in the background tends to be more robust than the strengthening of highlighted words. The paper underlines the flexibility of the multidimensional phonetic space in the encoding of prosodic prominence across varying communicative demands.
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spelling doaj-art-0de8be2adfab4b7da23bc7929a8e16b22025-08-20T02:58:55ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesLaboratory Phonology1868-63542024-09-0115110.16995/labphon.10900The encoding of prominence relations in supra-laryngeal articulation across speaking stylesDoris Mücke0Lena Pagel1Simon Roessig IfL Phonetics, University of CologneSpeakers modify their supra-laryngeal articulation on the one hand as a function of prosodic prominence and on the other hand as a function of speaking style. Articulatory movements are spatio-temporally expanded in words that are highlighted due to prosodic strengthening, but also in utterances that are produced in a loud speaking style. What remains unclear, to date, is how these two phenomena interact, or, in other words, how prominence relations are encoded in loud speech. In this paper, we use electromagnetic articulography to investigate lip and tongue kinematics and analyze selected acoustic parameters across several focus conditions in habitual and loud speech. Prosodic prominence relations are studied as the simultaneous strengthening of highlighted words and the attenuation of words in the background. The results show that prominence relations can be encoded multidimensionally in loud speech. Some modifications are even stronger in loud speech than in habitual speech, despite the general articulatory modifications associated with a loud speaking style. In both speaking styles, the attenuation of words in the background tends to be more robust than the strengthening of highlighted words. The paper underlines the flexibility of the multidimensional phonetic space in the encoding of prosodic prominence across varying communicative demands.https://www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/10900/speech kinematicsfocus structureprosodic prominencespeaking stylesloud speechvowel articulation
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The encoding of prominence relations in supra-laryngeal articulation across speaking styles
Laboratory Phonology
speech kinematics
focus structure
prosodic prominence
speaking styles
loud speech
vowel articulation
title The encoding of prominence relations in supra-laryngeal articulation across speaking styles
title_full The encoding of prominence relations in supra-laryngeal articulation across speaking styles
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title_short The encoding of prominence relations in supra-laryngeal articulation across speaking styles
title_sort encoding of prominence relations in supra laryngeal articulation across speaking styles
topic speech kinematics
focus structure
prosodic prominence
speaking styles
loud speech
vowel articulation
url https://www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/10900/
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