Carignan, Christopher; Esteve-Gibert, Núria; Lœvenbruck, Hélène; Dohen, Marion; D’Imperio, Mariapaola; (2021) Strategies of head nod alignment with pitch prominence in French focus. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP 2020). (pp. pp. 9-12). Haskins Press: New Haven, CT, USA.

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Abstract

Previous research has shown that rhythmic head movement accompanies F0 modulations in speech (Munhall et al., 1994) and that this co-verbal head movement may be linked to prosodic features such as pitch accents and prosodic boundaries (EsteveGibert et al., 2017; Hadar et al., 1984; House et al., 2001). In this study, we examined how the production of vertical head nods may be temporally related to pitch prominence connected to different focus conditions in French. Electromagnetic articulometry data from three stable locations on the head were used to generate a time-varying signal of the changing elevation of the head. Using this signal, we examined the temporal relationship between head nod gesture strokes and F0 peaks. The results suggest that speakers use two different strategies in aligning head nods with pitch prominence, one of which mirrors alignment previously observed for oral articulatory gestures (D’Imperio et al., 2007). We also observe evidence that some speakers show a preference for one strategy over another.

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