Inter-speaker interaction of F0 in dialogs

Author

Kakita, Kuniko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Liberal Arts & Sci., Toyama Prefectural Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

3-6 Oct 1996

Firstpage

689

Abstract

Presents some preliminary results of a study on the inter-speaker interaction of fundamental vocal frequency (F0) during dialogs. Simple question-answer type dialogs (in Japanese) were recorded and analyzed. The results revealed all three possible patterns of F0 interaction: in some cases, the two speakers´ F0´s converged as the dialog progressed, while in other cases they diverged; there were also cases in which they maintained a parallel relation to each other throughout the dialog. The results also indicated that the dialog-initial difference in the two speakers´ F0 values was closely related to the consequent overall pattern of F0 interaction during the dialog. Partner-dependent reorganization of dialog-initial F0 was observed for some of the speakers

Keywords

acoustics; behavioural sciences; speech; F0 interaction; Japanese speakers; dialogue-initial difference; frequency convergence; frequency divergence; fundamental vocal frequency; inter-speaker interaction; parallel relation; partner-dependent reorganization; question-answer type dialogues; Art; Audio recording; Context; Digital recording; Frequency; Microcomputers; Microphones; Relays; Signal analysis; Speech analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Spoken Language, 1996. ICSLP 96. Proceedings., Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3555-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSLP.1996.607455

Filename

607455