Acoustic correlates and perceptual cues of word and sentence stress: Mainly English and Dutch

Author(s):
Heuven, V.J.J.P. van
Editor(s):
Gussenhoven, C.; Chen, Y.; Dediu, D.
Published
2014
Publication type
Article in monograph or in proceedings

Abstract

This tutorial-like presentation provides a survey of acoustical correlates of word and sentence stress, with emphasis on Germanic languages such as Dutch and English. It also reviews what is known about the perceptual cue value of the acoustic correlates of stress, and show that highly reliable correlates are not necessarily strong perceptual cues, and conversely that the strongest perceptual cue (pitch change) is an unreliable correlate.

word stresssentence stressacoustic correlateperceptual cueEnglishDutch
Date issued
2014
Publisher
Baixas (FR): International Speech Communication Association ISCA
Is part of
The 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 13-16, 2014 (2014), p. 211-217
hdl
1887/33657
URL
http://www.isca-speech.org/archive/tal_2014/tl14_211.html