Prosodic Variability in Language and Music
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Prosodic Variability in Language and Music(Results: see paper; for the Sounds, click on the pictures) | ||||
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Restructuring Rhythm Patterns in Fast Speech(Results: see paper) | ||||
| Items (Dutch): | English glossary: | Andante sounds: | Allegro sounds: | |
| (/ indicates main stress; \ indicates secondary stress or beat) | ||||
| Type 1: Rightward Stress Shift | ||||
| Studietoelage | 'study grant' | stúdietòelage | stúdietoelàge | |
| Kamervoorzitter | 'chairmman of the House of Parliament' | kámervòorzitter | kámervoorzìtter | |
| Type 2: Leftward Stress Shift | ||||
| Perfectionist | 'perfectionist' | perfèctioníst | pèrfectioníst | |
| Amerikaan | 'American' | amèrikáan | àmerikáan | |
| Type 3: Beat Reduction | ||||
| Zuidafrikaans | 'South African' | zùidàfrikáans | zùidafrikáans | |
| Schiermonnikoog | 'name of an island' | schìermònnikóog | schìermonnikóog | |
Prosodic Recursion experiment(Results: see paper) |
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Phonological Phrases uttered with a recursive prosody: |
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| Phrases (Dutch): | English glossary: | Sounds: | ||
| Amsterdams aardrijkskundig genootschap | 'Amsterdam geographical society' |  | ||
| Internationale diplomatieke organisaties | 'International diplomatic organizations' | | double accent on adjective 2 | |
| Algemene regionale dagbladpers | 'General regional day-paper press' | | ||
| Academisch psychiatrisch ziekenhuis | 'Academic psychiatric hospital' | | ||
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Phonolgical Phrases uttered with a non-recursive prosody: |
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| Phrases (Dutch): | English glossary: | Sounds: | ||
| Amsterdams aardrijkskundig genootschap | 'Amsterdam geographical society' | | early accent on adjective 1 | |
| Internationale diplomatieke organisaties | 'International diplomatic organizations' | | early accent on adjective 1 | |
| Algemene regionale dagbladpers | 'General regional day-paper press' | | double accent on adjective 1 | |
| Academisch psychiatrisch ziekenhuis | 'Academic psychiatric hospital' | | no early accents at all | |
| Progressieve socialistische partij | 'Progressive socialist party' | | early accent on adjective 1 | |
Speaking in Major and Minor Keys(Results: see paper) |
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Cluster diagramsClick on the pictures to hear the spoken stories (mp3) |
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Tigger in major by subject HJ |
Eeyore in minor by subject HJ |
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Scores and MIDI piano filesClick on the pictures to hear the derived MIDI-file of the intonation contours |
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Tigger by HJ The full (simplified) score |
Eeyore by HJ The full (simplified) score |
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Original speech combined with MIDI-pianoClick on the pictures to hear the spoken stories accompanied by the piano-melody (mp3) |
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Tigger by HJ |
Eeyore by HJ |
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