Analysis and Modelling of Question Intonation in American English
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This paper addresses the modelling in text-to-speech of the rising intonation pattern in American English which is often found in yes-no questions. A small corpus containing yes-no questions was recorded and analysed. F0 was then modelled using an automatic procedure. The paper also reports on the stability of alignment of F0 targets in rising intonation patterns.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005