This study compares F0 declination in French from two kinds of corpora : Broadcast News speech an... more This study compares F0 declination in French from two kinds of corpora : Broadcast News speech and spontaneous speech. Results show differences in several aspects of declination line such as overall slope, top line fluctuations and variations according to sentence length The relationship between slope and utterance length for spontaneous speech corpus reveals a ''soft" planning and F0 declination.
The alveolar lateral of the Viennese dialect undergoes several allophonic processes, among these,... more The alveolar lateral of the Viennese dialect undergoes several allophonic processes, among these, vocalization and velarization are the most prominent ones. In the current contribution, we will concentrate on the sociolinguistic aspects which disturb the complementary distribution of the alveolar and the velarized lateral and give rise to a possible reversal of the velarization process which started around 1900 due to contact with Czech immigrants. We investigate the realization of the alveolar and the velarized lateral in a corpus of spontaneous speech of 11 Viennese dialect speakers. F2 of the lateral is measured to describe the effect of the parameters phoneme context, syllable stress, word position and gender on the lateral realization. Results show that the velarized lateral is mainly produced between back vowels and in wordfinal position. Male speakers produce the velarized lateral also in stressed position, while female speakers, if at all, produce it in the unstressed word-f...
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 2015
The development of Standard Austrian German (SAG; de-AT) is closely linked to the development of ... more The development of Standard Austrian German (SAG; de-AT) is closely linked to the development of Standard German German (SGG; de-DE) as spoken in Northern Germany. Traditionally, SAG is strongly geared towards SGG norms. The orientation towards SGG norms goes back to at least 1750, when Maria Theresia ordered the adoption of the Upper Saxonian norms in place at that time (Ebner 1969, Wiesinger 1989). Since then, SAG pronunciation is modelled on SGG and Austrian newsreaders are instructed according to the norms of Duden's (2005)Aussprachewörterbuchand Siebs (1958, with an addendum for Austria) (Wächter-Kollpacher 1995, Soukup & Moosmüller 2011). This procedure leads to an inconsistent usage of SGG features in Austrian broadcasting media (Wiesinger 2009, Soukup & Moosmüller 2011, Hildenbrandt & Moosmüller 2015). Therefore, from a methodological point of view, pronunciation used in the Austrian broadcasting media is unsuitable for defining SAG (Moosmüller 2015).
In this paper, we introduce Sound Tools eXtended (STx) version 5.0, an acoustic speech and sound ... more In this paper, we introduce Sound Tools eXtended (STx) version 5.0, an acoustic speech and sound processing application. STx 5.0 contains an integrated, simplified and compact GUI, specifically designed for speech analysis for phoneticians, linguists, psychologists, and researchers in related fields. It features a well structured user interface, compatibility with established tools (TextGrid [1], MAUS [2]), and top-notch signal analysis tools. STx 5.0 enables researchers as well as students to conduct advanced analysis of audio files, especially of speech recordings. STx 5.0 implements a new interface for the already established profiles in STx 5.0, which helps customize settings according to the researcher’s needs.
Summary Background Due to demographic changes over the last few decades, the number of multilingu... more Summary Background Due to demographic changes over the last few decades, the number of multilingual children has grown rapidly. Many of them face problems in learning their second language. Similarities between linguistic manifestations of stages of second language acquisition and an impairment of language acquisition cause a diagnostic dilemma. The Vienna Model of language assessment in multilingual children will be presented. Methods A key feature of our procedure is the integration of medical students as native speakers in diagnosing acquisition of the first language. A case study of a boy with Russian as first language illustrates the procedure. Results The Vienna Model of language assessment in multilingual children offers the possibility to evaluate language competence in a differentiated manner with support of medical students as native speakers. Based on the bilingual assessment on different linguistic levels the diagnosis ICD-10 F80.0 is given. The subsequent short therapy ...
This study compares F0 declination in French from two kinds of corpora : Broadcast News speech an... more This study compares F0 declination in French from two kinds of corpora : Broadcast News speech and spontaneous speech. Results show differences in several aspects of declination line such as overall slope, top line fluctuations and variations according to sentence length The relationship between slope and utterance length for spontaneous speech corpus reveals a ''soft" planning and F0 declination.
The alveolar lateral of the Viennese dialect undergoes several allophonic processes, among these,... more The alveolar lateral of the Viennese dialect undergoes several allophonic processes, among these, vocalization and velarization are the most prominent ones. In the current contribution, we will concentrate on the sociolinguistic aspects which disturb the complementary distribution of the alveolar and the velarized lateral and give rise to a possible reversal of the velarization process which started around 1900 due to contact with Czech immigrants. We investigate the realization of the alveolar and the velarized lateral in a corpus of spontaneous speech of 11 Viennese dialect speakers. F2 of the lateral is measured to describe the effect of the parameters phoneme context, syllable stress, word position and gender on the lateral realization. Results show that the velarized lateral is mainly produced between back vowels and in wordfinal position. Male speakers produce the velarized lateral also in stressed position, while female speakers, if at all, produce it in the unstressed word-f...
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 2015
The development of Standard Austrian German (SAG; de-AT) is closely linked to the development of ... more The development of Standard Austrian German (SAG; de-AT) is closely linked to the development of Standard German German (SGG; de-DE) as spoken in Northern Germany. Traditionally, SAG is strongly geared towards SGG norms. The orientation towards SGG norms goes back to at least 1750, when Maria Theresia ordered the adoption of the Upper Saxonian norms in place at that time (Ebner 1969, Wiesinger 1989). Since then, SAG pronunciation is modelled on SGG and Austrian newsreaders are instructed according to the norms of Duden's (2005)Aussprachewörterbuchand Siebs (1958, with an addendum for Austria) (Wächter-Kollpacher 1995, Soukup & Moosmüller 2011). This procedure leads to an inconsistent usage of SGG features in Austrian broadcasting media (Wiesinger 2009, Soukup & Moosmüller 2011, Hildenbrandt & Moosmüller 2015). Therefore, from a methodological point of view, pronunciation used in the Austrian broadcasting media is unsuitable for defining SAG (Moosmüller 2015).
In this paper, we introduce Sound Tools eXtended (STx) version 5.0, an acoustic speech and sound ... more In this paper, we introduce Sound Tools eXtended (STx) version 5.0, an acoustic speech and sound processing application. STx 5.0 contains an integrated, simplified and compact GUI, specifically designed for speech analysis for phoneticians, linguists, psychologists, and researchers in related fields. It features a well structured user interface, compatibility with established tools (TextGrid [1], MAUS [2]), and top-notch signal analysis tools. STx 5.0 enables researchers as well as students to conduct advanced analysis of audio files, especially of speech recordings. STx 5.0 implements a new interface for the already established profiles in STx 5.0, which helps customize settings according to the researcher’s needs.
Summary Background Due to demographic changes over the last few decades, the number of multilingu... more Summary Background Due to demographic changes over the last few decades, the number of multilingual children has grown rapidly. Many of them face problems in learning their second language. Similarities between linguistic manifestations of stages of second language acquisition and an impairment of language acquisition cause a diagnostic dilemma. The Vienna Model of language assessment in multilingual children will be presented. Methods A key feature of our procedure is the integration of medical students as native speakers in diagnosing acquisition of the first language. A case study of a boy with Russian as first language illustrates the procedure. Results The Vienna Model of language assessment in multilingual children offers the possibility to evaluate language competence in a differentiated manner with support of medical students as native speakers. Based on the bilingual assessment on different linguistic levels the diagnosis ICD-10 F80.0 is given. The subsequent short therapy ...
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