Groupe Acoustique de la Parole

Publications scientifiques récentes en France

Articles et ouvrages

• [hal-01261256] On automatic drum transcription using non-negative matrix deconvolution and itakura saito divergence
  8 août 2025
  This paper presents an investigation into the detection and classification of drum sounds in polyphonic music and drum loops using non-negative matrix deconvolution (NMD) and the Itakura Saito divergence. The Itakura Saito divergence has recently been proposed as especially appropriate […]
• [hal-05196467] Live or leave! Vowel quality and vowel length in the intelligibility of advanced Spanish-accented English
  2 août 2025
  Often characterised as short and long in both research and teaching practice (Cruttenden, 2008; Hancock, 2012, Walker, 2010), the KIT and FLEECE vowels are commonly confused by Spanish learners of English as their mother tongue lacks a similar distinction (RAE, […]
• [hal-05186992] Apical vs. Regular Vowel Duration: A Corpus-based Analysis of Contextual Influences in Standard Mandarin
  1 août 2025
  The syllabic fricatives, traditionally known as apical vowels in Standard Mandarin, share the place of articulation with their sibilant onsets, exhibiting a narrow tongue tip constriction at the dental/alveolar or postalveolar region. We hypothesize that, like voiced fricatives, they face […]
• [hal-05194449] A Phonological-Pragmatic Analysis of the Saudi Ministry of Health Official Spokesperson's Speech on COVID-19
  31 juillet 2025
  The aim of this study is to investigate the pragmatic functions of the proclaiming and referring information tones employed in coved-19's speech by the Saudi Ministry of health (MOH) official spokesperson in relation to termination. Moreover, the study examines if […]

Thèses en ligne

• [tel-05172665] Per un’indagine fonostilistica della voce nella bande dessinée : da Marcel Proust a Stéphane Heuet
  21 juillet 2025
  The emergence of phonostylistics and psychophonetics at the end of the 20th century marked a significant turning point, contrasting with earlier approaches in the Western philosophical tradition, which regarded the word merely as a tool for communication, as well as […]
• [tel-05018540] Acoustic communication network in Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) : deciphering information encoded in vocal signals
  3 avril 2025
  During the breeding season, the Cape fur seal form extremely dense colonies in which the use of vocal signals to communicate is highly constrained by a loud background noise and a high risk of confusion. However, all social interactions such […]
• [tel-04994549] Expression émotionnelle des appelants lors d’appels d’urgence hospitaliers : les cas des centres hospitaliers de Besançon et de Lausanne
  17 mars 2025
  Les émotions influencent profondément la parole, modulant diverses caractéristiques acoustiques. Notre recherche explore les appels d’urgence reçus par les centres hospitaliers de Besançon (France) et de Lausanne (Suisse) afin d’analyser les facteurs affectant la reconnaissance des émotions. Nous avons évalué […]
• [tel-04970115] Évaluation multiparamétrique de la nasalité : conception et utilisation d’un masque aérodynamique appliquée à une population témoin et pathologique : l’AeroMask
  27 février 2025
  Cette thèse s’intéresse à l’évaluation multiparamétrique de la nasalité à travers quatre axes : aérodynamique, acoustique, volumétrique et perceptif. Ce travail a été l’occasion de parfaire le développement d’un outil d’acquisition aérodynamique : un masque en fibre de papier. Ce […]