F0, voice quality, and Danish stød revisited

Nina Grønnum

F0, voice quality, and Danish stød revisited

Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics

Abstract

Danish stød is a syllable prosody, hitherto described as a kind of creaky voice with tonal side effects. One such is the well established, though not ubiquitous, abrupt lowering of F0 towards the end of the syllable. Eli Fischer-Jørgensen found, in the 1970s and 1980s, a difference also in the beginning of stressed syllables: F0 is higher in the beginning of syllables with stød. Confirming her findings 40 years later was straightforward in read word lists and as a clear trend in non-scripted monologues. In dialogues, however, the modest effect of stød on onset F0 is overshadowed by the greater variation in overall frequency range.
Higher F0 onset is present also in unstressed syllables with stød, though of lesser magnitude.
The results support a characterization of Danish stød as compressed, rather than creaky voice. They also demonstrate the viability of controlled speech materials for investigations of finer prosodic detail

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ICPhS 2015
Editors	Maria Wolters, Judy Livingstone, Bernie Beattie, Rachel Smith, Mike MacMahon, Jane Stuart-Smith, Jim Scobbie
Number of pages	5
Place of Publication	Glasgow
Publisher	University of Glasgow
Publication date	Aug 2015
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-85261-941-4
Publication status	Published - Aug 2015
Event	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Aug 2015 → …

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Conference	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Location	Glasgow
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Period	10/08/2015 → …

Series	ICPhS Proceedings
Volume	18

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F0, voice quality, and Danish stød revisited. / Grønnum, Nina.

Proceedings of ICPhS 2015. ed. / Maria Wolters; Judy Livingstone; Bernie Beattie; Rachel Smith; Mike MacMahon; Jane Stuart-Smith; Jim Scobbie. Glasgow : University of Glasgow, 2015. (ICPhS Proceedings, Vol. 18).

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Grønnum, N 2015, F0, voice quality, and Danish stød revisited. in M Wolters, J Livingstone, B Beattie, R Smith, M MacMahon, J Stuart-Smith & J Scobbie (eds), Proceedings of ICPhS 2015. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, ICPhS Proceedings, vol. 18, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, United Kingdom, 10/08/2015. <http://www.icphs2015.info/pdfs/Papers/ICPHS0423.pdf>

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