14th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS-14) San Francisco, CA, USA August 1-7, 1999

Positionally Determined Differences in F₀-Patterns Validity in Czech

Zdena Palková, Jitka Janíková

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Our research on specifying more precisely the intonation structure in Czech is developed on the basis of synthesised speech signal systematically altered in F₀-pattern and evaluated by listening tests. The relation stress unit - tone unit is considered to be a primary relevant factor. F₀-patterns of individual stress unit within the tone unit represent the quality distinguishing the tone unit variability, and their description is usable as a means for the description of intonation-based functions. As a relevant feature the position of a stress unit in a tone unit has to be taken into account.

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Bibliographic reference.  Palková, Zdena / Janíková, Jitka (1999): "Positionally determined differences in F₀-patterns validity in Czech", In ICPhS-14, 1545-1548.