This paper deals with consonant lengthening effects caused by word-initial position in interaction with stress-induced lengthening. Experiment 1, based on a 30-h speech corpus, showed that in general word-initial lengthening is more pronounced in stressed syllables than in unstressed. The lengthening effect is also stronger for consonants in CV syllables compared with CCV syllables. Additionally, it was shown that consonant duration serves to signal word stress, and the reduction pattern for consonants is similar to that for vowels. Experiment 2, based on controlled laboratory data, showed that not all the speakers choose the strategy of signaling word boundaries and word stress with consonant lengthening; presumably, it depends on the speaking style. It was also shown that in CCV syllables the first consonant might be responsible for signaling word boundary, while the second–lexical stress.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpeech and Computer
Subtitle of host publication20th International Conference, SPECOM 2018, Leipzig, Germany, September 18–22, 2018, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages264-273
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event20th International Conference on Speech and Computer - Leipzig, Germany
Duration: 18 Sep 201822 Sep 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
PublisherSpringer Nature
Volume11096
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on Speech and Computer
Abbreviated titleSPECOM 2018
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityLeipzig
Period18/09/1822/09/18

    Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

    Research areas

  • Consonant duration, Prosodic boundaries, Russian, Word stress, Word-initial lengthening

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