Time Shrinking Effects on Speech Tempo Perception
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Time shrinking denotes the psycho-acoustic phenomenon that an acoustic event is perceived as shorter if it follows an even shorter acoustic event. Previous work has shown that time shrinking can be traced in speech-like phrases and may lead to the impression of a higher speech rate and syllable isochrony. This paper provides experimental evidence that time shrinking is effective on foot level as well as phrase level. Some examples from natural speech are given, where time shrinking effects may be deliberately employed in poetry and rap music.
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Paper 8003 was not available at the time of publication oral presentation of poster papers no time to lose? time shrinking effects enhance the impression of rhythmic "isochrony" and fast speech rate
Time Shrinking denotes the psycho-acoustic shrinking effect of a short interval on one or several subsequent longer intervals. Its effectiveness in the domain of speech perception has so far not been examined. Two perception experiments clearly suggest the influence of relative duration patterns triggering time shrinking on the perception of tempo and rhythmical isochrony or rather “evenness”. ...
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