Speech Sciences (음성과학)
- Volume 12 Issue 2
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- Pages.121-128
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- 2005
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- 1226-5276(pISSN)
The Study of Voice Perception with Formant Analysis of Two Myna Bird's Voice Imitation
구관조 음성모방의 음향학적 분석을 통한 음성인식에 대한 고찰
Abstract
This study was an attempt to determine acoustic characteristics in myna bird's notes. Two myna birds' sounds imitating a normal male voice in his late 20's were sampled and analyzed. The analyses included the mean values of F1, F2, F3 and pitch contours. The results were as follows; First, there was a significan difference in the mean values of F1, F2, and F3 in isolatd vowel /a/ and /i/ between the myna birds' sounds and the human voice. However, there was no apparent difference in pitch contour of their formants. Second, there was a difference in pitch contour of their formants in their sentence ('hn-nyung-ha-se-yo?' meaning 'How are you?') production. Namely, the myna birds' pitch contour was located higher than that of the human's.