Wagner, Petra ; Dellwo, Volker (2004) Introducing YARD (Yet Another ... An alternative rhythm measure will be proposed based on (z-transformed) syllable.
Introducing YARD (Yet Another Rhythm Determination) and re-introducing isochrony to rhythm research Wagner, Petra; Dellwo, Volker
Suggested Citation Wagner, Petra ; Dellwo, Volker (2004) Introducing YARD (Yet Another Rhythm Determination) and re-introducing isochrony to rhythm research. Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2004, Nara, Japan, March 23-26, 2004, pp. 227-230 Posted at BiPrints Repository, Bielefeld University. http://repositories.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/biprints/volltexte/2010/4466
Introducing YARD (Yet Another Rhythm Determination) and re-introducing isochrony to rhythm research Abstract The %V/?C model of rhythmic class distinction captures syllable complexity rather than rhythm. An alternative rhythm measure will be proposed based on (z-transformed) syllable durations and inspired by the PVI-measure. Some evidence for the existence of isochronous syllable sequences is presented which might provide a new approach towards a classification into stress timed and syllable timed languages.