Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual study

  This paper describes two perceptual experiments carried out to determine the contribution of pitch range to the identification of emotions in speech. Synthetic manipulated speech was used to observe the effect on emotion perception of two specific acoustic cues: global pitch range along uttera...

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Main Authors: Juan María Garrido Almiñana, Juan Antonio Chica Sabariego
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Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2018-02-01
Series:Estudios de Fonética Experimental
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44060
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description   This paper describes two perceptual experiments carried out to determine the contribution of pitch range to the identification of emotions in speech. Synthetic manipulated speech was used to observe the effect on emotion perception of two specific acoustic cues: global pitch range along utterances and local excursions at final rising-falling pitch movements. The obtained results suggest that increasing F0 (the main acoustic parameter related to pitch perception) in both cues, global and local pitch range, is associated by subjects to the expression of particular emotions, especially surprise (ESCP hypothesis), rather to a general expression of arousal (ACP hypothesis) or as a general cue for emotional content (EGP hypothesis), at least in Spanish.
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spelling doaj-art-4c6f68fb070143c095e7dea828029bf42025-08-20T03:36:14ZcatUniversitat de BarcelonaEstudios de Fonética Experimental1575-55332385-35732018-02-0127Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual studyJuan María Garrido AlmiñanaJuan Antonio Chica Sabariego   This paper describes two perceptual experiments carried out to determine the contribution of pitch range to the identification of emotions in speech. Synthetic manipulated speech was used to observe the effect on emotion perception of two specific acoustic cues: global pitch range along utterances and local excursions at final rising-falling pitch movements. The obtained results suggest that increasing F0 (the main acoustic parameter related to pitch perception) in both cues, global and local pitch range, is associated by subjects to the expression of particular emotions, especially surprise (ESCP hypothesis), rather to a general expression of arousal (ACP hypothesis) or as a general cue for emotional content (EGP hypothesis), at least in Spanish. http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44060prosodypitchperceptionemotionSpanish
spellingShingle Juan María Garrido Almiñana
Juan Antonio Chica Sabariego
Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual study
Estudios de Fonética Experimental
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emotion
Spanish
title Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual study
title_full Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual study
title_fullStr Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual study
title_full_unstemmed Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual study
title_short Pitch range and identification of emotions in Spanish speech: A perceptual study
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Spanish
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