Fricatives PlaceVoicelessVoiced Labiodental/f//v/ Interdental//////// Alveolar/s//z/ Palatal//////// Glottal/h/////
Area (cm 2 ) Length (cm) ////////
Fluid Flow Equation for Turbulence Re= V*h/ – Re: Reynolds number – V: flow velocity – : kinematic coefficient of viscosity – h: characteristic dimension (size of constriction)
Source Characteristics Flat spectrum Similar across all places of articulation Frequency Amplitude
Source Characteristics Frequency Amplitude Time
Source Characteristics: Voiced Amplitude Frequency +
Filter Characteristics Area (cm 2 ) Length (cm) lipsglottis Anterior constriction Front Cavity* Back Cavity * Front cavity length Largely dictates resonant frequency
Fricatives: Alveolar front cavity length ~ 2.5 cm F1=34000/4*2.5 = 3400 Hz Intense energy at/above 3400 Hz
Source Filter Theory
Sibilants: Spectrum Envelope / / (~2-3 KHz) /s/ (> KHz) Amplitude Frequency
Spectrogram /////s/
/h/
/f/ Waveform and Spectrogram Amplitude Spectrum
/z//s/ Voicing
/z/ /s/
Affricate //// /t / /t/
Rise-time: stops vs. affricates /t/ /t /