The influence of pitch and speaker sex on the identification of creaky voice.

Hannah White; Andy Gibson; Joshua Penney; Anita Szakay; Felicity Cox

The influence of pitch and speaker sex on the identification of creaky voice.

Hannah White^*, Andy Gibson, Joshua Penney, Anita Szakay, Felicity Cox

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Department of Linguistics

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Abstract

Past work has raised questions about how creaky voice quality is identified in different voices, particularly whether greater pitch differences between modal and creaky voice facilitates creak identification or whether social expectations bias identification in certain voices. While the role of pitch and speaker sex in creak identification has been investigated, results have been equivocal. In this study, we used highly controlled stimuli to examine the extent to which pitch and/or speaker sex affect the identification of creak. A study of 130 Australian English speaking female listeners found that pitch and speaker sex interacted in listeners’ perception of creaky voice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
Editors	Rosey Billington
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA)
Pages	81-85
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (18th : 2022) - Canberra, Australia Duration: 13 Dec 2022 → 16 Dec 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
ISSN (Electronic)	2207-1296

Conference

Conference	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (18th : 2022)
Abbreviated title	SST-2022
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Canberra
Period	13/12/22 → 16/12/22

Keywords

creaky voice
perception
speaker sex
pitch
Australian English

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White, H., Gibson, A., Penney, J., Szakay, A., & Cox, F. (2022). The influence of pitch and speaker sex on the identification of creaky voice. In R. Billington (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (pp. 81-85). (Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA). https://sst2022.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/white-et-al-2022-the-influence-of-pitch-and-speaker-sex-on-the-identification-of-creaky-voice-by-female-listeners.pdf

White, Hannah ; Gibson, Andy ; Penney, Joshua et al. / The influence of pitch and speaker sex on the identification of creaky voice. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. editor / Rosey Billington. Canberra : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2022. pp. 81-85 (Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology).

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White, H, Gibson, A , Penney, J , Szakay, A & Cox, F 2022, The influence of pitch and speaker sex on the identification of creaky voice. in R Billington (ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), Canberra, pp. 81-85, Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (18th : 2022), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 13/12/22. <https://sst2022.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/white-et-al-2022-the-influence-of-pitch-and-speaker-sex-on-the-identification-of-creaky-voice-by-female-listeners.pdf>

The influence of pitch and speaker sex on the identification of creaky voice. / White, Hannah; Gibson, Andy ; Penney, Joshua et al.
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. ed. / Rosey Billington. Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2022. p. 81-85 (Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology).

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