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22 mai 2011
- handle: 10670/1.yw8uze
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Functional Data Analysis Principal Component Analysis Speech re-synthesis Prosody Neapolitan ItalianSujets proches
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Michele Gubian et al., « Joint Analysis of F0 and Speech Rate with Functional Data Analysis », HAL-SHS : linguistique, ID : 10670/1.yw8uze
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In this work we propose the use of Functional Data Analysis (FDA) as a powerful methodology to tackle problems where multiple continuous speech parameters have to be analyzed jointly. A production study on contrastive focus placement in Neapolitan Italian is used as illustration. Two features are analyzed, viz. f0 and relative speech rate, both expressed as continuous functions of time. The results show that known facts about the prosody of Neapolitan Italian emerge from the data, but also other interesting local or crossfeature relationships between contour traits appear. Thus, FDA results can be used as guidance in the exploration of speech feature contour shapes, an operation that used to be carried out manually in previous speech research. The capability of jointly analyzing multiple continuous features provides a valuable improvement not only for speech analysis but also for speech re-synthesis.