ON GESTURES TIMING IN EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE NASALS

Catarina Oliveira1 & António Teixeira2
1Universidade de Aveiro; 2Dep. Electrónica Telec & Informática/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro

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In this paper a first study of gestures timing in European Portuguese nasals is presented. Velum, lips and tongue tip gestures were automaticaly annotated in an existent EMMA corpus. Analyses concentrated in the characterization of the different gesture landmarks in terms of average duration values, investigation of factors influencing such durations, and characterization of inter-gestural coordination.