Language redundancy effects on F0: A preliminary controlled study

Cong Zhang; Catherine Lai; Ricardo Napoleao de Souza; Alice Turk; Tina Bögel

Language redundancy effects on F0: A preliminary controlled study

Cong Zhang, Catherine Lai, Ricardo Napoleao de Souza, Alice Turk, Tina Bögel

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Abstract

Previous research suggests that words with a high level of language redundancy (i.e. recognition likelihood from familiarity and predictability based on syntactic, pragmatic, and semantic factors) have reduced acoustic salience, as evidenced by shorter duration and reduced vowels. The Smooth Signal Redundancy Hypothesis proposes that acoustic salience is controlled via prosodic structure, and makes the prediction that fundamental frequency should also be affected by language redundancy. This study investigates the relationship of F0 with lexical frequency, together with bigram (verb-adjective or adjective-noun) frequency and the ratio between these two bigram frequencies. Results from a carefully controlled experiment with quadruplets of minimal pairs suggests that language redundancy can affect fundamental frequency in English.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Editors	Radek Skarnitzl, Jan Volín
Place of Publication	Prague
Publisher	Guarant International
Pages	1593-1597
ISBN (Electronic)	9788090811423
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2023
Event	20th International Conference of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) - Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 7 Aug 2023 → 11 Aug 2023 https://www.icphs2023.org/

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Conference	20th International Conference of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS)
Abbreviated title	ICPhS 2023
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	7/08/23 → 11/08/23
Internet address	https://www.icphs2023.org/

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Smooth Signal Redundancy Hypothesis
f0
frequency effects
prosodic structure
English

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UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities: Prosodic structure at the interface between language and speech
Boegel, T. (Principal Investigator), Turk, A. (Principal Investigator), Lai, C. (Co-investigator) & Napoleao de Souza, R. (Researcher)
AHRC
1/02/22 → 31/01/25
Project: Research

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Zhang, C, Lai, C, Napoleao de Souza, R, Turk, A & Bögel, T 2023, Language redundancy effects on F0: A preliminary controlled study. in R Skarnitzl & J Volín (eds), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences., 877, Guarant International, Prague, pp. 1593-1597, 20th International Conference of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Prague, Czech Republic, 7/08/23. <https://guarant.cz/icphs2023/877.pdf>

Language redundancy effects on F0: A preliminary controlled study. / Zhang, Cong; Lai, Catherine; Napoleao de Souza, Ricardo et al.
Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. ed. / Radek Skarnitzl; Jan Volín. Prague: Guarant International, 2023. p. 1593-1597 877.

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