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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINTERSPEECH 2009: 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 2009, VOLS 1-5
Pages1739-1742
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 26 Nov 2009
Event10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Brighton, United Kingdom
Duration: 6 Sep 2009 → 10 Sep 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
ISSN (Print)1990-9772

Conference

Conference10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Abbreviated titleINTERSPEECH 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBrighton
Period6/09/09 → 10/09/09

    Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Signal Processing
  • Software
  • Sensory Systems

    Research areas

  • Child speech, Child speech perception, Formant structure, Pitch

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