论文信息 - DISCRIMINATION OF SPEAKERS USING THE FORMANT DYNAMICS OF /uː/ in BRITISH ENGLISH

DISCRIMINATION OF SPEAKERS USING THE FORMANT DYNAMICS OF /uː/ in BRITISH ENGLISH

A study of speaker-distinguishing properties of the formant dynamics of /uː/ is presented. Measurements at equidistant intervals along the F1 and F2 contours of /uː/ are compared with polynomial characterisations of the contours. Approximating the contours with quadratic and cubic polynomials allows more speaker-distinguishing information to be conveyed with fewer parameters. Based on discriminant analysis, the best value per predictor is provided by a quadratic approximation of F2.

Francis Nolan | Kirsty McDougall | F. Nolan | K. McDougall

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