Expression of emotion and attitude through temporal speech variations

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  • Sylvie J. L. Mozziconacci
  • Dik J. Hermes
چکیده

The present study investigates temporal characteristics of speech conveying emotion and attitude. First, a production study was conducted at the global level of the whole utterance, determining the p̋roduction values of “global speech rate” f̋or each emotion and attitude involved in the study. A perception study ̋ was also carried out at this global level, seeking perceptually optimal “global speech rate” v̋alues for conveying each emotion and attitude. Perception and production values were compared. Second, as more ̋ local information inside utterances m̋ight be specific to particular emotions or attitudes, the study went a step f̋urther with the analysis of “local s̋peech rate” relative to neutrality, considering accented and nonaccented speech s̋egments separately. The perceptual relevance of variations in “local speech r̋ate relative to neutrality” was then tested in a perception experiment. Both global and local variations a̋ppeared to be relevant for conveying emotions and attitudes in speech.

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تاریخ انتشار 2000