Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Publication status: | Published |
Author: | Rathcke, Tamara; Smith, Rachel H. |
Year of publication: | 2015 |
Published in: | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ; 137 (2015), 5. - pp. 2834-2845. - Acoustical Society of America (ASA). - ISSN 0001-4966. - eISSN 1520-8524 |
Pubmed ID: | 25994711 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4919322 |
Summary: |
Research into linguistic rhythm has been dominated by the idea that languages can be classified according to rhythmic templates, amenable to assessment by acoustic measures of vowel and consonant durations. This study tested predictions of two proposals explaining the bases of rhythmic typologies: the Rhythm Class Hypothesis which assumes that the templates arise from an extensive vs a limited use of durational contrasts, and the Control and Compensation Hypothesis which proposes that the templates are rooted in more vs less flexible speech production strategies. Temporal properties of segments, syllables and rhythmic feet were examined in two accents of British English, a "stress-timed" variety from Leeds, and a "syllable-timed" variety spoken by Panjabi-English bilinguals from Bradford. Rhythm metrics were calculated. A perception study confirmed that the speakers of the two varieties differed in their perceived rhythm. The results revealed that both typologies were informative in that to a certain degree, they predicted temporal patterns of the two varieties. None of the metrics tested was capable of adequately reflecting the temporal complexity found in the durational data. These findings contribute to the critical evaluation of the explanatory adequacy of rhythm metrics. Acoustic bases and limitations of the traditional rhythmic typologies are discussed.
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Subject (DDC): | 400 Philology, Linguistics |
Refereed: | Yes |
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RATHCKE, Tamara, Rachel H. SMITH, 2015. Speech timing and linguistic rhythm : on the acoustic bases of rhythm typologies. In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Acoustical Society of America (ASA). 137(5), pp. 2834-2845. ISSN 0001-4966. eISSN 1520-8524. Available under: doi: 10.1121/1.4919322
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