Influence of segmental factors on fundamental frequency in fluent speech

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The segmental factors which determine the fundamental frequency, FO, of vowels in stressed syllables in fluent readings were studied. The paper describes 5 characteristics of FO in the following vowel for different preceding consonants: the direction of FO change at the vowel onset, the frequency at voice onset, the peak FO during the vowel, the amount of FO increase, and the time required to reach the peak. The 2 speakers show similar consistent tendencies for all the fundamental-frequency characteristics. These results are similar to those reported with isolated or carrier-phrased utternances in general, but different in details. Evidence for the so-called intrinsic fundamental frequencies for different vowels was not observed in the data.

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