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    Acoustics of the Vowel - Preliminaries

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    Author(s)
    Maurer, Dieter
    Collection
    OAPEN-CH 1st Call; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    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.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32926
    Keywords
    acoustics; phonetics; phonology; vowel; language; acoustics; phonetics; phonology; vowel; language; Formant; Fundamental frequency; Harmonic; Hertz; Scottish Premier League; Spectral envelope; Vocal tract
    DOI
    10.3726/978-3-0343-2391-8
    ISBN
    9783034323918
    OCN
    945783360
    Publisher
    Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
    Publisher website
    https://www.peterlang.com/
    Publication date and place
    Bern, Berlin Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, 2016
    Grantor
    • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - OAPEN-CH - 163510
    Classification
    Linguistics
    Phonetics, phonology
    Pages
    296
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Formant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formant; Fundamental frequency - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_frequency; Harmonic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic; Hertz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz; Scottish Premier League - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Premier_League; Spectral envelope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_envelope; Vocal tract - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_tract; Vowel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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