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Intonational cues to word boundaries in clear speech?
Authors:
Butterfield, S. & Cutler, A.
Reference:
In Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, (November 1990), 12, 87-94.
Year of publication:
1990
CBU number:
2529
Abstract:
In this report from a continuing study of deliberately clear speech, the use of intonational cues to word boundaries is examined. Both before and after a word boundary more pitch movement occurred on strong than on weak syllables. However, this pattern was seen in baseline as well as in deliberately clear utterances. Unlike the findings from previous studies of durational cues, the proportional increase in pitch movement in clear speech was not significantly different for boundaries preceding strong versus weak syllables. We conclude that word boundary cues in clear speech exploit duration but not intonation.
