Effects of word familiarity in contexts on speaker's vowel articulation

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Abstract : This study is conducted to provide support for the prediction that familiarity of words in contexts affects the degree of hyper/hypo-articulation of vowels in these words. Results from the present analysis show that the repetition of words in a story causes hypoarticulation of vowels in these words. Among the eight types of vowels whose F1 and F2 values are measured, two types of vowels in words that come for the second time in a context show hypoarticulation to a much higher degree than those in words that come for the first time. One type of vowel in the words that come for the second time shows more partial hypoarticulation than that in the words that come for the first time. Three types of vowels show almost the same F1 and F2 values in both cases. A vowel space with four corner vowels in the words that come for the second time is smaller than that in words that come for the first time, which also indicates a tendency toward hypoarticulation for vowels in words repeated after their first introduction.　　Keywords: formant, hypoarticulation, repetition, space, vowel
山形大学の論文
2008-02-15