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THE PLANNING, PRODUCTION, AND PERCEPTION
OF PROSODIC STRUCTURE
by
Jelena Krivokapić
________________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(LINGUISTICS)
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Jelena Krivokapić
Object Description
| Title | The planning, production, and perception of prosodic structure |
| Author | Krivokapic, Jelena |
| Author email | krivokap@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Linguistics |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-08 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-06-21 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Byrd, Dani |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Jun, Sun-Ah Narayanan, Shrikanth S. Arbib, Michael |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines aspects of phrase boundary production, perception and the structural properties of boundaries from a multifaceted experimental perspective. The term prosody refers to the accentual prominence and phrasal organization of speech, and the dissertation focuses on the later. An example of this aspect of phrasal organization is given below, where the two sentences differ in prosodic phrasing.a. She knew, Ann thought, about the present.b. She knew Ann thought about the present. In addition to intonational events, at their edges, prosodic phrase boundaries introduce systematic phonetic variation in the temporal properties of segments. Acoustic studies have shown that at boundaries segments increase in duration. Articulatory studies have shown that speech movements -- gestures -- become temporally longer in the vicinity of boundaries and that this articulatory lengthening increases with boundary strength. In this dissertation a series of experimental studies is presented examining a) the articulation of gestures near phrase junctures, b) the categoricity and gradiency in the production and in the perception of prosodic boundaries, c) the link between articulatory properties of boundaries and listeners' perception of boundaries, and d) the effect of prosodic structure on pause duration. Results from this research further our understanding of the linguistic representation of prosodic structure and its relation to processes involved in producing spoken language. |
| Keyword | prosody; prosodic boundaries; prosodic boundary production; prosodic boundary perception; Articulatory Phonology; prosodic planning; gradiency in prosody; synchronous speech; speech production |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m547 |
| Rights | Krivokapic, Jelena |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Krivokapic-20070621 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Krivokapic-20070621.pdf |
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| Full text | THE PLANNING, PRODUCTION, AND PERCEPTION OF PROSODIC STRUCTURE by Jelena Krivokapić ________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (LINGUISTICS) August 2007 Copyright 2007 Jelena Krivokapić |
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