Statistical descriptors on the characterization of the Brazilian Portuguese fricatives: Spectral characteristics of fricatives

In this paper, we investigated the spectral characteristics of labiodental, alveolar and postalveolar fricatives of the Brazilian Portuguese in terms of place of articulation and vowel context. We measured the spectral characteristic of fricative noise using the analysis of four spectral moments (ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ferreira-Silva, Audineia, Pacheco, Vera, Cagliari, Luiz Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online)
Idioma:portugués
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/25149
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/25149
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:spectral characteristics
place of articulation
fricative
características espectrais
ponto de articulação
fricativa.
Fricativas do Português Brasileiro
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Sumario:In this paper, we investigated the spectral characteristics of labiodental, alveolar and postalveolar fricatives of the Brazilian Portuguese in terms of place of articulation and vowel context. We measured the spectral characteristic of fricative noise using the analysis of four spectral moments (center of gravity, standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis). Our results indicated a significant effect of place of articulation and vowel context on values of spectral moments for fricatives of Brazilian Portuguese. The results show that the fricatives were well differentiated by the center of gravity and standard deviation more than the other spectral moments, skewness and kurtosis.