On the perceptual salience of melodical variations and its consequences for intonation synthesis

René P.G. Collier; Aart L.J. de Zitter; Jacques M.B. Terken

On the perceptual salience of melodical variations and its consequences for intonation synthesis

René P.G. Collier, Aart L.J. de Zitter, Jacques M.B. Terken

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Abstract

This paper describes an experiment in which listeners had to evaluate the amount of perceptual difference between pitch contours derived from the same intonation pattern. The melodical difference was felt to be largest if the contours differed in overall shape, irrespective of additional differences in the size of the pitch movements. On the speakers' side, the choice between different contour shapes appears to be controlled by syntactic factors. Listeners however, have no outspoken preference for one shape over the other.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Eurospeech 89 : European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, Paris - September 1989
Editors	J.P. Tubach, J.J. Mariani
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	CEP consultants
Pages	108-111
Number of pages	4
Volume	Two
ISBN (Print)	0905941357, 9780905941356
Publication status	Published - 1989
Event	1st European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1989 - Paris, France Duration: 27 Sept 1989 → 29 Sept 1989

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Conference	1st European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1989
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	27/09/89 → 29/09/89

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Collier, RPG, de Zitter, ALJ & Terken, JMB 1989, On the perceptual salience of melodical variations and its consequences for intonation synthesis. in JP Tubach & JJ Mariani (eds), Eurospeech 89 : European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, Paris - September 1989. vol. Two, CEP consultants, Edinburgh, pp. 108-111, 1st European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 1989, Paris, France, 27/09/89.

On the perceptual salience of melodical variations and its consequences for intonation synthesis. / Collier, René P.G.; de Zitter, Aart L.J.; Terken, Jacques M.B.
Eurospeech 89 : European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, Paris - September 1989. ed. / J.P. Tubach; J.J. Mariani. Vol. Two Edinburgh: CEP consultants, 1989. p. 108-111.

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