Low-frequency Fourier analysis of speech rhythm.
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چکیده
A method for studying speech rhythm is presented, using Fourier analysis of the amplitude envelope of bandpass-filtered speech. Rather than quantifying rhythm with time-domain measurements of interval durations, a frequency-domain representation is used--the rhythm spectrum. This paper describes the method in detail, and discusses approaches to characterizing rhythm with low-frequency spectral information.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
دوره 124 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008