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Acoustic Characteristics of Vowels in 6 and 7 Years Old Russian Children. / Lyakso, E.; Frolova, O.; Grigoriev, A.
Interspeech 2009. International Speech Communication Association, 2009. p. 349-357.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in an anthology › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Acoustic Characteristics of Vowels in 6 and 7 Years Old Russian Children
AU - Lyakso, E.
AU - Frolova, O.
AU - Grigoriev, A
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The purpose of this investigation is to examine the process of acoustic features of vowels from child speech approaching corresponding values in the normal Russian adult speech.The vowels formants structure, pitch and vowels duration were examined. Word stress and palatal context influence on the formants structure of the vowels were taken into account. It was shown that the word stress is formed by 6 -7 years of age on the basis of the feature typical for Russian language. Formant structure of Russian vowels /u/ and /i/ is not formed by the age of 7 years. Native speakers recognize the meaning of 57-93% words in speech of 6 and 7-years-old children
AB - The purpose of this investigation is to examine the process of acoustic features of vowels from child speech approaching corresponding values in the normal Russian adult speech.The vowels formants structure, pitch and vowels duration were examined. Word stress and palatal context influence on the formants structure of the vowels were taken into account. It was shown that the word stress is formed by 6 -7 years of age on the basis of the feature typical for Russian language. Formant structure of Russian vowels /u/ and /i/ is not formed by the age of 7 years. Native speakers recognize the meaning of 57-93% words in speech of 6 and 7-years-old children
KW - child speech
KW - pitch
KW - formant structure
KW - childspeech perception
M3 - Article in an anthology
SN - 1990-9772
SP - 349
EP - 357
BT - Interspeech 2009
PB - International Speech Communication Association
ER -
ID: 4410953