actual quiz 1 questions Flashcards
what are thr acousitc correlats of pitch perception
frequency- Hz
what are the acoustic correlates of perception of loudness
intensity dB
decibel is a ____ scale
logarithmic
Hertz is a ______scale
linear
Octave is a ____
llogarithmic scale
0 dB= silence t/f
false
Octave is a ____
logarithmic scale
0 octave= silence t/f
false
what is the intensity of a sound that has 100X greater intensity than a 60-dB sound?
80 dB- 100x= 20 db intensity increased by tenX every time 10+10=20 60+20= 80.
what is the frequency of a sound that is two octaves higher than a 100-Hz sound?
400 hz. up an octave= X2 freq. +2 octave=x4 freq +3 octave=+8 frequency
the term speech prosody can be defined in two different ways
form and function
to define prosody by its function: prosody is the phonetic and phonological properties of speech that indicate ceratain aspects of a ___ not (just) a specifiC_____
sentence not a just a specific word
to define prosody by its form: prosody comprises the suprasegmental aspects of the speech stream, which mainly involves three acoustic features:
fundamental frequency duration and intensity.
is the following sentence relevant to the definition of prosody by its function
“the position of stressi n a word can indicate whether the word is a noun or a verb”
it is not relevant to the definition of frosody by its function because its on the word level not the sentence level
boundaries and prominence are two important concepts in ___
speech prosody
which acoustic features are important to correlate with prosodic boundaries?
pause, lengthening before the boundary, and pitch excursion before the boundary
which acoustic features correlate with prosodic prominence?
lengthening of the target word, pitch excursion on the target word, and increased intensity on the target word.
