The two German pitch accents H+L* and L*+H show different duration and intensity patterns in the triplet of pre-accented, accented, and post-accented syllable. Combining the pattern of H+L* with the F0 peak of L*+H and vice versa lowered the identification of the two pitch accents. The implications of these findings for pitch-accent modelling are discussed.
Cite as: Niebuhr, O., Pfitzinger, H.R. (2010) On pitch-accent identification – the role of syllable duration and intensity. Proc. Speech Prosody 2010, paper 773
@inproceedings{niebuhr10_speechprosody,
author={Oliver Niebuhr and Hartmut R. Pfitzinger},
title={{On pitch-accent identification – the role of syllable duration and intensity}},
year=2010,
booktitle={Proc. Speech Prosody 2010},
pages={paper 773}
}