Metrical Structure and Production of English Rhythm

Publisher: Karger

E-ISSN: 1423-0321|69|3|180-190

ISSN: 0031-8388

Source: Phonetica, Vol.69, Iss.3, 2012-12, pp. : 180-190

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Abstract

This paper examines kinematic patterns of jaw opening and associated F1 values of 4 American English speakers in productions of the sentence ‘I saw five bright highlights in the sky’. Results show strong-weak jaw opening alternations during the production of the utterance, and significant correlation of F1 with jaw opening for 3 of the 4 speakers. The observed jaw opening patterns correspond to metrically generated syllable stress levels for productions of the sentence by these 4 speakers.