Modeling and Perception of ‘Gesture Reduction’
- 22 August 2000
- journal article
- perceptual processing
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Phonetica
- Vol. 57 (2-4), 152-169
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000028469
Abstract
The phenomenon of vowel reduction is investigated by modeling ‘gesture reduction’ with the use of the Distinctive Region Model (DRM). First, a definition is proposed for the term gesture, i.e. an acoustically efficient command aimed at deforming, in the time domain, the area function of the vocal tract. Second, tests are reported on the perception of vowel-to-vowel transitions obtained with reduced gestures. These tests show that a dual representation of formant transitions is required to explain the reduction phenomenon: the trajectory in the F1–F2 plane and the time course of the formant changes. The results also suggest that time-domain integration of the trajectories constitutes an integral part of the auditory processing of transitions. Perceptual results are also discussed in terms of the acoustic traces of DRM gestures.Keywords
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