Abstract
While the English fricatives /s/ and /f/ can be well-differentiated by the centroid frequency of the frication noise alone, the Japanese fricatives /s/ and /c/ cannot be. Measures of perceived spectral peak frequency and shape developed for stop bursts were adapted to describe sibilant fricative contrasts in English- and Japanese-speaking adults and children. These measures captured both the cross-language differences and more subtle inter-individual differences related to language-specific marking of gender. They could also be used in deriving a measure of robustness of contrast that captured cross-language differences in fricative development.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1886-1889 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 Dec 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Spoken Language Processing for All, INTERSPEECH 2010 - Makuhari, Chiba, Japan Duration: 2010 Sep 26 → 2010 Sep 30 |
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| Other | 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Spoken Language Processing for All, INTERSPEECH 2010 |
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| Country | Japan |
| City | Makuhari, Chiba |
| Period | 10/9/26 → 10/9/30 |
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Keywords
- Acquisition
- English
- Gender marking
- Japanese
- Sibilant fricatives
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Speech and Hearing
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Holliday, J., Beckman, M. E., & Mays, C. (2010). Did you say susi or shushi? Measuring the emergence of robust fricative contrasts in English- and Japanese-acquiring children. 1886-1889. Paper presented at 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Spoken Language Processing for All, INTERSPEECH 2010, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan.