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Vowel contrast reduction : an acoustic and perceptual study of Dutch vowels in various speech conditions

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The article was published on 1980-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 122 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mid vowel & Relative articulation.

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Analysis, synthesis, and perception of voice quality variations among female and male talkers

TL;DR: Perceptual validation of the relative importance of acoustic cues for signaling a breathy voice quality has been accomplished using a new voicing source model for synthesis of more natural male and female voices.
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Quantitative characterizations of speech rhythm: syllable-timing in Singapore English.

TL;DR: It is shown that successive vowel durations are more nearly equal in Singapore English than in British English, and that reduced vowels pattern more peripherally in the F1/F2 formant space in SingaporeEnglish than inBritish English.
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Static, dynamic, and relational properties in vowel perception

TL;DR: The present work reviews theories and empirical findings that bear on the perception of English vowels, with an emphasis on the comparison of data analytic "machine recognition" approaches with results from speech perception experiments.
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Interaction between duration, context, and speaking style in English stressed vowels

TL;DR: In this paper, a biomechanically motivated version of the vowel undershoot model was used for English front vowels embedded in a /w-l/ frame and carrying constant main stress.
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Talkers' signaling of new and old. words in speech and listeners' perception and use of the distinction

TL;DR: This article showed that old words are less intelligible than new words presented in isolation, but probably are not less identifiable in context, and they infer that talkers may attenuate their productions of words when they can do so without sacrificing communicative efficacy.
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