Acoustics of the Vowel - Preliminaries

It seems as if the fundamentals of how we produce vowels and how they are acoustically represented have been clarified: we phonate and articulate. Using our vocal chords, we produce a vocal sound or noise which is then shaped into a specific vowel sound by the resonances of the pharyngeal, oral, and...

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description It seems as if the fundamentals of how we produce vowels and how they are acoustically represented have been clarified: we phonate and articulate. Using our vocal chords, we produce a vocal sound or noise which is then shaped into a specific vowel sound by the resonances of the pharyngeal, oral, and nasal cavities, that is, the vocal tract. Accordingly, the acoustic description of vowels relates to vowel-specific patterns of relative energy maxima in the sound spectra, known as patterns of formants. The intellectual and empirical reasoning presented in this treatise, however, gives rise to scepticism with respect to this understanding of the sound of the vowel. The reflections and materials presented provide reason to argue that, up to now, a comprehensible theory of the acoustics of the voice and of voiced speech sounds is lacking, and consequently, no satisfying understanding of vowels as an achievement and particular formal accomplishment of the voice exists. Thus, the question of the acoustics of the vowel—and with it the question of the acoustics of the voice itself—proves to be an unresolved fundamental problem.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-345632025-01-24T15:21:26Z Acoustics of the Vowel - Preliminaries Maurer, Dieter acoustics phonetics phonology vowel language acoustics phonetics phonology vowel language Formant Fundamental frequency Harmonic Hertz Scottish Premier League Spectral envelope Vocal tract thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFH Phonetics, phonology It seems as if the fundamentals of how we produce vowels and how they are acoustically represented have been clarified: we phonate and articulate. Using our vocal chords, we produce a vocal sound or noise which is then shaped into a specific vowel sound by the resonances of the pharyngeal, oral, and nasal cavities, that is, the vocal tract. Accordingly, the acoustic description of vowels relates to vowel-specific patterns of relative energy maxima in the sound spectra, known as patterns of formants. The intellectual and empirical reasoning presented in this treatise, however, gives rise to scepticism with respect to this understanding of the sound of the vowel. The reflections and materials presented provide reason to argue that, up to now, a comprehensible theory of the acoustics of the voice and of voiced speech sounds is lacking, and consequently, no satisfying understanding of vowels as an achievement and particular formal accomplishment of the voice exists. Thus, the question of the acoustics of the vowel—and with it the question of the acoustics of the voice itself—proves to be an unresolved fundamental problem. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2016-01-07 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:22:51Z 2016 book 588650 OCN: 945783360 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32926 9783034323918 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34563 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32926/1/588650.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32926/1/588650.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32926/1/588650.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32926/1/588650.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32926/1/588650.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/978-3-0343-2391-8 10.3726/978-3-0343-2391-8 44a712f0-ee17-4c08-a667-46effed595e7 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - OAPEN-CH b70636da-dc2d-4755-a37e-360db651c0bf 9783034323918 OAPEN-CH 1st Call Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) 296 Bern, Berlin Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford 163510 open access
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Fundamental frequency
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Spectral envelope
Vocal tract
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Acoustics of the Vowel - Preliminaries
title Acoustics of the Vowel - Preliminaries
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phonetics
phonology
vowel
language
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phonetics
phonology
vowel
language
Formant
Fundamental frequency
Harmonic
Hertz
Scottish Premier League
Spectral envelope
Vocal tract
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Fundamental frequency
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Spectral envelope
Vocal tract
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