A series of experiments was carried out to investigate how fundamental frequency declination is perceived by speakers of English. Using linear predictor coded speech, nonsense sentences were constructed in which fundamental frequency on the last stressed syllable had been systematically varied. Listeners were asked to judge which stressed syllable was higher in pitch. Their judgments were found...

We analyze the magnetic equatorial component of Jupiter’s radio synchrotron radiation belts using two-dimensional images recorded by the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Very Large Array over a period of several years, during which DE , the Earth’s declination seen from Jupiter, changed from DE = −2.9◦ to near 0◦. The brightness distribution of the belts changed markedly. When DE = −2....

The physiological background of sentence declination (fundamental frequency, F0, drop) was studied using ultrasound (US) examination of the cricothyroid (CT) space. The US probe was placed anteriorly in the region of middle cricothyroid ligament. The echoes caused by the antero-inferior edge of thyroid and antero-superior edge of the cricoid cartilages were used as points of measurement. The te...

This paper deals with a prosodic comparison of spontaneous and read-aloud speech. More speci cally, the study reports data on F0 declination in these two speaking modes using Swedish materials. For both speaking styles the analysis revealed negative slopes, a steepness-duration dependency with declination being less steep in longer utterances than in shorter ones and resetting at utterance boun...

A full-vector paleosecular variation (PSV) record (inclination, declination, and relative paleointensity) from the pen-ultimate glacial (130–180 ka) could be constructed a total of 12 sediment cores recovered Arkhangelsky Ridge in SE Black Sea. Stacking individual partly fragmented records was achieved by detailed correlation using high-resolution data X-ray fluorescence scanning, Ca/Ti K/Ti lo...