INSTRUMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF PAUSE AND EMPHASIS ON THE VOT AND VOWELS DURATION.

Authors

  • Francisco Meneses Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
  • Vera Pacheco Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v79i0.15927

Keywords:

Duração segmental, Pausa, Ênfase

Abstract

In this study, we investigate the relationship between segmental duration and pause and emphasis. For this, we carried out two experiments: one that evaluated the influence of the pause on segmental duration and another that evaluated the influence of emphasis. We obtained relative duration measured of the vowels and of the VOT in CV monosyllabic in the prosodic contexts of proximity and distance of the pause and pre-emphasis, post-emphasis, and emphasis. The results show strong relationship between pause and segmental duration and moderate relationship between emphasis and segmental duration. Both contexts lead the phenomenon of compensatory consonant reduction, so that the prosodic effects are perceptible without compromise the overall rhythmic structure of the sentence.

Author Biographies

Francisco Meneses, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Aluno de Iniciação Científica da Fundação de Amparo à pesquisa do Estado da Bahia -FAPESB entre os anos de 2007 e 2009. Graduado em Letras Vernáculas pela Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB.

Vera Pacheco, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Professora Doutora do Departamento de Estudos Linguísticos e Literários da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia -UESB. Diretora e pesquisadora do Laboratório de Fonética da instituição.

How to Cite

Meneses, F., & Pacheco, V. (2009). INSTRUMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF PAUSE AND EMPHASIS ON THE VOT AND VOWELS DURATION. Revista Letras, 79. https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v79i0.15927

Issue

Section

Estudos Linguísticos