IEICE Technical Committee Submission System
Conference Paper's Information
Online Proceedings
[Sign in]
Tech. Rep. Archives
 Go Top Page Go Previous   [Japanese] / [English] 

Paper Abstract and Keywords
Presentation 2009-02-21 11:00
A Phonological Interpretation of Factor Analyses of English Speech
Shota Fujimaru, Yoshitaka Nakajima, Kazuo Ueda (Kyushu Univ.) WIT2008-63
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Factor analyses were performed on the power fluctuations of British English
derived through critical band filters as in Ueda and Nakajima [(2008). JASA, 123, 3163.].
Factor scores of the first three factors
were presented as functions of time for each phoneme.
Factor scores at temporal centers of phonemes
showed similar tendencies in one male speaker and two female speakers.
Sonorants and obstruents had clearly different factor score distributions.
We suggest a new phonological rule that
consonant clusters at syllable onsets are connected with a one-way movement
along a ``sonority'' path identified in the factor score space.
This rule may be able to resolve a theoretical obstacle
when we introduce the traditional concept of sonority in order
to understand syllable formation.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Critical bands / English speech / Factor analysis / Sonority / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 108, no. 435, WIT2008-63, pp. 37-42, Feb. 2009.
Paper # WIT2008-63 
Date of Issue 2009-02-13 (WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
Copyright
and
reproduction
All rights are reserved and no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Notwithstanding, instructors are permitted to photocopy isolated articles for noncommercial classroom use without fee. (License No.: 10GA0019/12GB0052/13GB0056/17GB0034/18GB0034)
Download PDF WIT2008-63

Conference Information
Committee WIT  
Conference Date 2009-02-20 - 2009-02-21 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Ehime University 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Psychological and Physiological Acoustics and Well-being Information Technology 
Paper Information
Registration To WIT 
Conference Code 2009-02-WIT 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Title (in English) A Phonological Interpretation of Factor Analyses of English Speech 
Sub Title (in English)  
Keyword(1) Critical bands  
Keyword(2) English speech  
Keyword(3) Factor analysis  
Keyword(4) Sonority  
Keyword(5)  
Keyword(6)  
Keyword(7)  
Keyword(8)  
1st Author's Name Shota Fujimaru  
1st Author's Affiliation Kyushu University (Kyushu Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yoshitaka Nakajima  
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyushu University (Kyushu Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Kazuo Ueda  
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyushu University (Kyushu Univ.)
4th Author's Name  
4th Author's Affiliation ()
5th Author's Name  
5th Author's Affiliation ()
6th Author's Name  
6th Author's Affiliation ()
7th Author's Name  
7th Author's Affiliation ()
8th Author's Name  
8th Author's Affiliation ()
9th Author's Name  
9th Author's Affiliation ()
10th Author's Name  
10th Author's Affiliation ()
11th Author's Name  
11th Author's Affiliation ()
12th Author's Name  
12th Author's Affiliation ()
13th Author's Name  
13th Author's Affiliation ()
14th Author's Name  
14th Author's Affiliation ()
15th Author's Name  
15th Author's Affiliation ()
16th Author's Name  
16th Author's Affiliation ()
17th Author's Name  
17th Author's Affiliation ()
18th Author's Name  
18th Author's Affiliation ()
19th Author's Name  
19th Author's Affiliation ()
20th Author's Name  
20th Author's Affiliation ()
Speaker Author-1 
Date Time 2009-02-21 11:00:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for WIT 
Paper # WIT2008-63 
Volume (vol) vol.108 
Number (no) no.435 
Page pp.37-42 
#Pages
Date of Issue 2009-02-13 (WIT) 


[Return to Top Page]

[Return to IEICE Web Page]


The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan