Phonetics and Phonology (eng507)
Topic-129: Individual Differences
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| Topic-129: Individual Differences Regarding the individual characteristics of sounds, we need to know some further useful points because, at times, we need to know about the idiosyncratic features of speech (when we are to distinguish it from atypical speech community. We also need to discount, at times, the purely individual features of linguistically significant speech. Moreover, for other particular reasons (such as used in forensic investigations, we need to discuss the validity of the identification of a particular speaker. Now the question is how to study individual variation. Following points are important in this regard 1. Spectrograms show relative quality (e.g., a particular speaker may have a higher level of vowels. 2. The formant plots (of an average speaker) maybe compared with the formant plots of a particular speaker. 3. Similarly, when two different speakers record their sets of vowels with the same phonetic quality, their relative positions on a formant chart will be similar, but the absolute values of the formant frequencies will differ. Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan Phonetics and Phonology (ENG) VU 4. In such case, the absolute values of the vowels will be important. But remember that it is a complex issue and no simple (or single) technique is useful. 5. One very important strategy maybe to use the values of F (which maybe the indicator of individual head size. Thus F maybe studied in connection with first three formants for further evaluation. Remember that F for other sounds will also be required for such a comparison. Download 1.01 Mb. Share with your friends:
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