Fundamental Frequency and Other Prosodic Cues to Topic Structure - Zellers & Post
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Studies of the relationship between prosody and the topic structure of longer discourses have tended to focus on intonational cues, most specifically fundamental frequency (F0). However, this may limit the kinds of topic structure it is possible to identify. A case study of two speakers shows that including speech rate along with F0 factors in an analysis of the prosody of topic structure can be valuable in shaping our understanding of the topic structure of spoken discourses. Furthermore, it demonstrates that F0 cues can alternate not only with each other, but also with other prosodic cues, to effectively signal topic structure in discourse.
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Fundamental Frequency and Other Prosodic Cues to Topic Structure
Studies of the relationship between prosody and the topic structure of longer discourses have tended to focus on intonational cues, most specifically fundamental frequency (F0). However, this may limit the kinds of topic structure it is possible to identify. A case study of two speakers shows that including speech rate along with F0 factors in an analysis of the prosody of topic structure can b...
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