Abstract
This paper examines many acoustic characteristics of F0 and their relevance in linguistic analysis. It also highlights correlations between F0 measurements and vowel height, gender, accentedness, and phonation types. The latter is the center piece of the paper. This correlation is needed for a more reliable account of pitch contrasts in accent and tone languages. Two approaches are used in establishing this correlation. The first relies on a subharmonic equation and the second makes use of Critical band calculations. Both yield the same results. The data used to highlight these various correlations come from Peterson and Barney (1952), Hillenbrand et al. (1995), and a fresh set of F0 measurements obtained from 46 speakers of Central Minnesota (17 males and 29 females).
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Recommended Citation
Koffi, Ettien
(2019)
"A Comprehensive Review of F0 and its Various Correlations,"
Linguistic Portfolios: Vol. 8, Article 2.
Available at:
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/stcloud_ling/vol8/iss1/2
