On 02/02/2012 at 16:51 +0900, 横溝秀始 wrote: > Hi, > > I want to know the definition of "accent" and the difference between > "stress" and "accent" in festvox. > > Now, I am going to make the context label in English according to the > context dependent label format for HTS in English. > This context label is made by using festvox. > (https://wiki.inf.ed.ac.uk/twiki/pub/CSTR/F0parametrisation/hts_lab_format.pdf) > > In this label format, "stress" and "accent" are used at the same time > as prosodic contextual factors. > But I don't know the difference between "stress" and "accent". > I can't find the information of "accent" from the festvox and festival > manuals. > > Please show me the definition of "accent" and the difference between > "stress" and "accent" in festvox.
Hi 横溝秀始 Stress is a lexical stress. Stressed syllables in a word are marked with stress. Accent is an intonational feature. It signs the syllables which speaker decided to put accent on. Usually they are stressed syllables in content words, but there might be different cases. For example speaker might want to accent some word in order to change the meaning of the utterances. Accents later could be specialized to prosody pitch contour events. For example, there might be different ways to speak of the same phrase When did you buy it? I bought it yes(accent here)terday Who did buy it? I(accent here) bought it yesterday.
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