Table 4.
Effect of syllable position on mean up-down cycle duration, MaxF0, MinF0, mean F0 displacement, mean peak-velocity/displacement and mean C in 2-syllable, 3-syllable and 4-syllable sequences. The mean values of the 1-syllable sequences are also listed again as reference.
| 1-syllable | 2-syllable | 3-syllable | 4-syllable | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | final | initial | medial | final | Initial | medial1 | medial2 | final | |||
| Mean up-down cycle duration | 314.85 | 246.28 | 248.52 | 230 | 140.82 | 270.77 | 225.7 | 150.14 | 197.2 | 245.36 | |
| F(1,7) = 0.05 | F(2,14) = 81.55 | F(3,21) = 40.88 | |||||||||
| p = 0.83 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | |||||||||
| MaxF0 (st) | 93.54 | 92.98 | 92.11 | 92.8 | 92.34 | 91.86 | 92.89 | 92.12 | 91.75 | 91.41 | |
| F(1,7) = 8.15 | F(2,14) = 10.56 | F(3,21) = 14.71 | |||||||||
| P = 0.025 | p <= 0.002 | p < 0.001 | |||||||||
| MinF0 (st) | 86.79 | 89.1 | 87 | 90.67 | 89.08 | 86.25 | 90.84 | 90.35 | 88.98 | 86.86 | |
| F(1,7) = 95.32 | F(2,14) = 78.92 | F(3,21) = 105.47 | |||||||||
| p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | |||||||||
| Mean F0 displacement | 5.64 | 2.74 | 4.16 | 2.16 | 0.83 | 4.38 | 2.15 | 0.88 | 1.71 | 3.37 | |
| F(1,7) = 37.45 | F(2,14) = 71.14 | F(3,21) = 48.4 | |||||||||
| p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | |||||||||
| Mean vp/d ratio | 13.84 | 16.45 | 15.708 | 19.89 | 20.97 | 15.41 | 17.56 | 22.17 | 21.39 | 17.63 | |
| F(1,7) = 0.875 | F(2,14) = 4.07 | F(3,21) = 3.358 | |||||||||
| p = 0.381 | p = 0.04 | p = 0.038 | |||||||||
| Mean C | 2.07 | 1.914 | 1.881 | 1.993 | 1.437 | 2.032 | 1.79 | 1.515 | 1.645 | 2.099 | |
| F(1,7) = 0.087 | F(2,14) = 7.002 | F(3,21) = 14.03 | |||||||||
| p = 0.777 | p = 0.008 | p < 0.001 | |||||||||