Restructuring the melodic content of feetMaartje Schreuder & Dicky Gilbers

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Restructuring the melodic content of feetMaartje Schreuder & Dicky Gilbers

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Jackendoff and Lerdahl

A Generative Theory of Tonal Music(Lerdahl & Jackendoff, 1983)

cf. Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993)

Every form of temporally ordered behaviour is structured the same wayThis presentation: insights from music theory can help us to describe some cases of rhythmic variability in phonology

Research Question

Music: Re-/misinterpretation of rhythm in accelerated or sloppy playing

Language: Re-/misinterpretation of rhythm in accelerated or sloppy speaking

Data

Data

Data

Phonological Analysis in OT

Language: Re-/misinterpretation of rhythm in accelerated or sloppy speaking

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Phonetic Evidence?

Phonetic Evidence?

variable stress patterns Picture (PRAAT)

variable stress patterns Picture (PRAAT)

variable stress patterns Picture (PRAAT)

variable stress patterns Picture (PRAAT)

Design Experiment

Method (PRAAT, Boersma & Weenink)

Results Right Shifts Subject 1 (Type 1)

Results Left Shifts Subject 1 (Type 2)

Results Beat Reduction Subject 1 (Type 3)

Results Beat Reduction (Type 3)

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Acoustic Analysis Subject 1 Type 2

Phonetic Analysis

Phonetic Analysis

Phonetic Analysis

Phonetic Analysis

Phonetic Analysis

Phonetic Analysis Type 1

Phonetic Analysis Type 1

Phonetic Analysis Type 1

Phonetic Analysis Type 3

Phonetic Analysis Type 3

Phonetic Analysis Type 3

Phonetic Analysis Type 3

Discussion

Discussion

Discussion

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Email: M.J.Schreuder

Home Page: http://www.let.rug.nl/~schreudr/

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Author: Dicky Gilbers & Maartje Schreuder

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