Abstract
Contrasting strong versus weak syllables within words (lexical stress) is critical for effective communication in English. Yet acoustic data required to shed light on stress contrastivity are usually obtained via laborious manual methods, an obstacle to large-scale studies. The automatic alignment procedure in the Munich Automatic Segmentation tool (MAUS) [1] might reduce the manual effort required for acoustic analyses. However, there is little data on the reliability of MAUS when compared with manual measurements in analysing child speech. We report on a subsample taken from a large study designed to investigate lexical stress production in typically developing Australian English-speaking children. We compared manual acoustic measurements with measurements obtained via MAUS. The results from analysis of 200 word productions showed moderate to high correlations between the measurements. However, MAUS tended to overestimate the duration of weak vowels (but not strong vowels). Use of MAUS in combination with manual checks is recommended.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019 |
Editors | Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain, Paul Warren |
Place of Publication | Canberra, Australia |
Publisher | Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc |
Pages | 2470-2474 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780646800691 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019 Conference number: 19 https://www.icphs2019.org/ |
Conference
Conference | 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
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Abbreviated title | ICPhS2019 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Melbourne |
Period | 5/08/19 → 9/08/19 |
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Keywords
- lexical stress
- prosody
- acoustic analysis
- MAUS
- children's speech