Interactions of voice quality settings
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2019/10/0010/000372Keywords:
phonetics, voice quality, auditory perceptionAbstract
This paper aims at investigating the possible interactions of the voice quality settings (VQS) related to vocal tract (supralaryngeal) and phonatory (laryngeal) activities in the Vocal Profile Analysis Scheme (VPAS), based on Laver’s model. The corpus was composed of semi-spontaneous speech samples and repetitions of key-sentences (designed for voice quality evaluation) produced by 71 speakers. The database was perceptually annotated by means of the VPAS, adapted to Brazilian Portuguese (BP), indicating the vocal tract and phonatory VQS. Hierarchical clustering analysis was run. Results reinforced the interactions between the vocal tract and phonatory VQS, having the general muscular tension (vocal tract and laryngeal hyper and hypofunction) adjustments explained the main grouping of those VQS.
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