Acoustics of speech and environmental sounds

Authors

  • Susana M. Capitão Silva Secção Autónoma de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Aveiro and Direcção Regional da Educação do Norte, Portugal Author
  • Luis M. T. Jesus Escola Superior de Saúde da Universidade de Aveiro and Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Author
  • Mário A. L. Alves Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0049/000049

Abstract

In this study we present a preliminary acoustic analysis of environmental sound stimuli, based on Gaver’s (1993) classification. Results showed similarities between sounds produced by objects with the same type of material and interaction. We also designed an experiment, where the subjects had to propose onomatopoeic represen-tations for environmental sounds. The onomatopoeic representations used by the subjects shared common speech features (manner and place of articulation, and vowels used).

 

References

Gaver, W. 1993. What in the world do we hear?: an ecological approach to auditory event perception. Ecological Pschology 5(1), 1-29.

Gygi, B., G. Kidd, C. Watson 2004. Spectral-temporal factors in the identification of environmental sounds. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America, 115 (3), 1252-1265.

Takada, M., K. Tanaka, S. Iwamiya 2006. Relationships between auditory impressions and onomatopoeic features for environmental sounds. Acoustic Science Technology 27(2), 67-79.

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Published

01-01-2006

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Vol. 1 (2006): Proceedings of the 1st Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics

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Proceedings Papers

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Copyright (c) 2006 Susana M. Capitão Silva (Author)

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How to Cite

Acoustics of speech and environmental sounds. (2006). Linguistic Proceedings Series, 1(1), 221-224. https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0049/000049