A Study On the Proportional Difference of Segments in Imitating Voice

모방발화에 나타나는 분절음의 비율연구

  • Park, Ji-Hye (Spoken Language Information Lab, Institute of Korean Culture, Korea Univ.) ;
  • Shin, Ji-Young (Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea Univ.) ;
  • Kang, Sun-Mee (Department of Computer Science, Seokyeong Univ.)
  • 박지혜 (고려대학교 민족문화연구원 음성언어정보연구실) ;
  • 신지영 (고려대학교 국어국문학과) ;
  • 강선미 (서경대학교 컴퓨터과학과)
  • Published : 2004.05.06

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyse the adjustment of the proportion of segment duration in imitating voice. When imitating others' voices, how far is his/her original proportion of segment duration adjusted, and what is this adjustment like under various segments? In this study, I classified segments into consonants and vowels and consonants classified into obstruents and sonorants. The result of the analysis is as follows. ; (1)Individual variation in the proportion of obstruent is not significant, and when imitating, and its distribution is not typicalized. (2) Vowels has individual variation in the proportion of segment duration even under imitating. (3) Nasal has the most distinct individual variation even under imitating, compared with vowel and obstruent. For the further study, I should examine the characteristics of quantitative and qualitative changes in liquid (among sonorant) to find out which segment can best describe personnel characteristics of the proportion of segment duration in imitating voice.

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