Baayen, R. Harald

Tomaschek, Fabian

Tucker, Benjamin V.

Wieling, Martijn

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Vowel articulation affected by word frequency

A frequently replicated finding is that the frequency of words affects their phonetic shape. In English, high frequency words have been shown to contain more centralized vowels than low frequency words. By contrast, a recent study on vowel artic-ulation in German has shown a contrary finding. At the ges-tural level, tongue movements in HF words showed more ex-tensive vowel targets and less coarticulationwith consonants. This paper further evaluates the later finding by taking into ac-count a large set of verbs covering the continuum between high and low frequency. In addition to frequency the effects of two factors were analyzed: inflection (sagt vs. sagen) and speech rate (normal vs. fast). Our results imply that language experi-ence increases the proficiency with which words are articulated: speakers are able to plan and target tongue movements earlier

Fabian Tomaschek

Benjamin V. Tucker

Martijn Wieling

R. Harald Baayen

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Vowel articulation affected by word frequency

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