01819caa a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041100001400055245005700069260005300126270004700179270002500226300001000251490001400261520111900275653006501394700001401459700001601473773005501489856006901544210621s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2582-4961  aIrfana, M 0aAcoustic correlates of emphatic stress in Malayalam   bAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing c2014  aAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing   mfanairfana@gmail.com  a59-62  vVolume 33  aStress is a perceived prominent function at syllable, word, or sentence level.Emphatic stress is to convey dierent intents by emphasizing  dierent words in sentences; without changing the meaning. The acoustic correlates ofemphatic stress include increased fundamental frequency,  amplitude, and durationvaryingaccording the structure of languages. As there are no reports on acoustic correlates of emphatic stress in Malayalam language, the present study was aimed to investigate the same in Malayalam. A total of 20 native adult speakers of Malayalam with equal number of males and females were selected for the study. The stimuli included 10 two word phrases with adjective and verbs/ nouns. The subjects were asked to readthe phrases with and without  stress on the adjectives marked in red colour. Recorded stimuli subjected to acoustic analysisto extract the fundamental frequency (f0), intensity (dB) and duration (msec) parameters from the adjective part of each of the phrases using Praat(Version 5.3.17) software. Statistical analysis revealed signicant increase in word duration in stressed conditions.   aEmphatic stress, Fundamental frequency, Intensity, Malayalam  aRofina, B  aSreedevi, N  aJournal of All India Institute of Speech & Hearing  uhttp://192.168.102.7/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/781/473