Project 6

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Dec 6, 2023

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Project 6 Assignment 1. Stop closure duration and VOT What was the duration of the stop closure and VOT for each sound you measured? Stop Consonant Closure Duration Voice Onset Time /p/ 0.077692 0.08284 /b/ 0.071048 0.17061 t/ 0.085252 0.089 /d/ 0.070527 0.017 /k/ 0.079911 0.109931 /g/ 0.052241 0.024448 Describe the difference in the sound quality of the burst versus the aspiration? When played, the burst almost sounded like a click, this is because of the turbulence. It is also much quicker to produce and sounds as such. The aspiration sounds like a very deep breath and has an easier onset. Why do they sound different? (Hint: think about where each is produced go back to the online lecture if you need to refresh your memory). The aspiration is a much weaker sound that is created by the vocal folds, as opposed to the burst which is the turbulence that occurs. 2. Can you edit the recording to make a voiced stop from a voiceless one? When you deleted the aspiration and some of the burst (maybe even some of the stop closure) from a voiceless stop, how well did the final result resemble a natural voiced stop? When going through the process of deleting the aspiration, some of the burst, and some of the stop closure, it was tricky to get it just right. However, after a few tries with a few of the different sounds, I noticed that the /p/ sounded like a /b/, and the /k/ and /g/ sounded very similar as well. In your own words, explain how the coordination/synchronization of the larynx and the articulators accounts for the difference between a voiced and a voiceless stop. Voicing must cease for a voiceless stop, but for a voiced stop, it all kind of rolls together. A voiced stop faster and much sharper, because it requires less synchronization of the larynx and articulators, where a voiceless one requires more time, along with more coordination. 3. Coarticulation: connect together isolated phonemes For the sounds /s/ /p/ /i/ // /1/ /p/, when you removed the silences between them, how did the final result sound? When removing the silences, they each sound like their own, separate sounds, not like the word “speaking,” at all. Please discuss how and why this ‘word’ differed from a natural production of the
word speaking. When we speak naturally without removing the silences, we speak very fluid, slightly modifying each phoneme to quickly and seamlessly move to the next. However, when we remove the silences and i1solate each individual sound, it doesn’t flow and sounds very forced.
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