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100 _aIrfana, M
245 0 _aAcoustic correlates of emphatic stress in Malayalam
260 _bAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing
_c2014
270 _aAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing
270 _mfanairfana@gmail.com
300 _a59-62
490 _vVolume 33
520 _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.
653 _aEmphatic stress, Fundamental frequency, Intensity, Malayalam
700 _aRofina, B
700 _aSreedevi, N
773 _aJournal of All India Institute of Speech & Hearing
856 _uhttp://192.168.102.7/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/781/473
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