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Transcription of Prosodic and Paralinguistic Features of Emotional Speech

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Peter Roach ,
Richard Stibbard ,
Jane Osborne ,
Simon Arnfield  and
Jane Setter
Peter Roach
Affiliation:
Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, UK
Richard Stibbard
Affiliation:
Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, UK
Jane Osborne
Affiliation:
Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, UK
Simon Arnfield
Affiliation:
Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, UK
Jane Setter
Affiliation:
Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Horn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, e-mail: [email protected]
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A study of emotional speech has resulted in a collection of some five hours of recorded material. The analysis of this material has required computer-based annotation incorporating prosodic and paralinguistic transcription as well as the coding of various psychological variables. A version of the prosodic and paralinguistic transcription devised by Crystal & Quirk was developed for use within the xwavesTM environment. This paper describes this transcription system and its application.

Type
Phonetic Representation
Information
Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 28 , Issue 1-2 , June 1998 , pp. 83 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1998

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