Recently, Lee (2018) observes that one vertical larynx movement (VLM) is associated with an Accentual Phrase (AP) in Seoul Korean. The current study builds on these findings by investigating the effect of prosodic focus on vertical larynx actions. Target sentences were designed to produce four APs (e.g., Joohyun sold six yards of shabby garden field; AP[Joohyun-SUBJ] AP[shabby garden field] AP[six yards-OBJ] AP[sold-DECL], presented in Korean) and were used to elicit focus on the initial word of the object phrase (e.g., six). Articulatory data on VLM is obtained from five Seoul Korean speakers using real-time MRI. Results indicate that quantifiable VLMs observed for each sentence range from 3 to 6 movements, with 4 movements per sentence being the most frequent. Sentences with focus have more instances of VLM per sentence than those without. Focused sentences exhibit significantly greater vertical larynx displacement around the region of focus than the control. Our findings have implications for prosodic planning and pitch resetting, and ongoing analyses examine how VLMs align with Accentual Phrases in Seoul Korean and correlate with fundamental frequency.
Cite as: Oh, M., Lee, Y. (2022) Dynamic Vertical Larynx Actions Under Prosodic Focus. Proc. Interspeech 2022, 96-100, doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2022-10661
@inproceedings{oh22_interspeech,
author={Miran Oh and Yoonjeong Lee},
title={{Dynamic Vertical Larynx Actions Under Prosodic Focus}},
year=2022,
booktitle={Proc. Interspeech 2022},
pages={96--100},
doi={10.21437/Interspeech.2022-10661}
}