Gevorderde akoestiese korrelate van Afrikaanse klemtoon

Abstract

In Wissing (2007) an investigation was conducted into the traditional stress parameters of Afrikaans (fundamental frequency, intensity, duration and vowel quality). In the present study the focus is on a number of less well-known, as well as some totally new parameters. The former set of parameters was taken over from the influential work of Sluijter and Van Heuven (1996a) on Dutch stress. The rest are deducted from general descriptions of the process of phonation, in particular during the stressing of syllables/vowels. An example of the former group of parameters is F0 gradient. Sluijter and Van Heuven (1996a) describe this in terms of F0 movement. The latter refers to parameters such as the starting and end points of such F0 gradient, as well as those of intensity and vowel formant moves.