This study examined the effect of a dynamic and a level F0 on the perceived duration in Tokyo Japanese. It was found that a rising F0 as well as a falling F0 affect the perceived vowel duration. Specifically, a falling F0 increases the perceived vowel duration regardless of its position in a word compared to a level F0; on the other hand, a rising F0 shows the same effect only on the word final vowel and it decreases the perceived vowel duration in the word initial syllable.
Cite as: Takiguchi, I., Takeyasu, H., Giriko, M. (2010) Effects of a dynamic F0 on the perceived vowel duration in Japanese. Proc. Speech Prosody 2010, paper 944
@inproceedings{takiguchi10_speechprosody,
author={Izumi Takiguchi and Hajime Takeyasu and Mikio Giriko},
title={{Effects of a dynamic F0 on the perceived vowel duration in Japanese}},
year=2010,
booktitle={Proc. Speech Prosody 2010},
pages={paper 944}
}