formant transition

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transition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/
a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which ...
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(Definition oftransitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Changes in speaking rate alter phonetically relevant properties of the speech signal, including formant center frequencies andformanttransitiondurations.
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The end of theformanttransitionwas set at the end of the last glottal pulse that differed from the preceding ones in formant frequency.
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The longer theformanttransitionwas, the lower was the perceptual boundary between short and long vowels in steady state duration.
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The longformanttransitionmust be included as a part of the realisation of the postvocoid vowel.
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Note that theformanttransitionwas generally longer than either steady state, except for the steady state of a long vowel.
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Stop consonants include, for example, a very briefduration noise burst or transient that is no longer than about 5 - 40 ms just prior to the onset of theformanttransition.
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Again, conjoined constraints would have to be proliferated to account for all of the acceptable trade-offs in the model of formant transitions.
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Articulatory and consequent spectral variation in pre-aspiration should thus be largely parasitic on the surrounding vocalism, including the formant transitions into the following oral closure.
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The cues of the velar stop are, however, preserved in the formant transitions into the following bilabial nasal.
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Formant transitions : teasing apart consonant and vowel contributions.
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This is true for all three speakers, although there is some speaker-specific and vowel-specific variation in details of the formant transitions.
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The phonetic decoder in our model, by contrast, takes as its input a continuous representation of formant transitions.
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We can also predict where, in the course of a preceding vowel, consonant-induced formant transitions should occur.
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It guarantees salient formant transitions into a following vowel.
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On the perceptual origin of loanword adaptations 155 acoustic signal is first of all mapped onto a phonetic surface form, based on a continuous, universal format of formant transitions.
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Silverman's basic proposal (recall 2) is that the formant transitions from a consonant into a vowel provide the best cues to place, and glottalisation tends to obscure such cues.
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