Ebook: Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology

ANTONIS BOTINIS 1. 1 Background This introduction provides essential information about the structure and the objects of study of this volume. Following the introduction, fourteen papers which represent current research on intonation are organised into five thematic sections: (I) Overview of Intonation, (II) Prominence and Focus, (III) Boundaries and Discourse, (IV) Intonation Modelling, and (V) Intonation Technology. Within the sections the papers are arranged thematically, although several papers which deal with various aspects of intonation and prosody are basically intersectional. As the title indicates, "Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology" is a contribution to the study of prosody, with major emphasis on intonation. Intonation and tonal themes are thus the central object of the volume, although temporal and dynamic aspects are also taken into consideration by a good number of papers. Although tonal and prosodic distinctions have been dealt with throughout man's literate history with reference to the study of language, for example by classical philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, it is in recent decades that we have witnessed the most fertile growth in intonation studies, as with experimental phonetics and speech technology in general. As Rossi (this volume) points out, intonation research really began to blossom in the sixties with a multi­ fold increase in prosodic studies, reflected in contributions to the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), and in the international literature.

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The volume Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology covers the main aspects of intonation, written by international researchers in the field. Following the Introduction, fourteen chapters are organised into five thematic sections: Overview of Intonation, Prominence andFocus, Boundaries and Discourse, Intonation Modelling and IntonationTechnology.
Each chapter is basically autonomous within a thematic section, but the subject of several chapters extends over more than one thematic section. The combination of a wide range of research areas, as well as interdisciplinary approaches in the study of intonation, makes this volume a unique contribution to the international scientific community.
Basic knowledge of Intonation and Prosody is assumed in the context of linguistic and computational backgrounds. Readers may range from students of advanced undergraduate to postgraduate and research levels as well as individual researchers within a variety of disciplines such as Experimental Phonetics, General and Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, and Speech-Language Engineering.

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The volume Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology covers the main aspects of intonation, written by international researchers in the field. Following the Introduction, fourteen chapters are organised into five thematic sections: Overview of Intonation, Prominence andFocus, Boundaries and Discourse, Intonation Modelling and IntonationTechnology.
Each chapter is basically autonomous within a thematic section, but the subject of several chapters extends over more than one thematic section. The combination of a wide range of research areas, as well as interdisciplinary approaches in the study of intonation, makes this volume a unique contribution to the international scientific community.
Basic knowledge of Intonation and Prosody is assumed in the context of linguistic and computational backgrounds. Readers may range from students of advanced undergraduate to postgraduate and research levels as well as individual researchers within a variety of disciplines such as Experimental Phonetics, General and Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, and Speech-Language Engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Intonation: Past, Present, Future....Pages 13-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Acoustic-phonetic Analysis of Prominence in Swedish....Pages 55-86
Prosodic Disambiguation in English and Italian....Pages 87-95
Contrastive Tonal Analysis of Focus Perception in Greek and Swedish....Pages 97-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Phonetic Correlates of Statement versus Question Intonation in Dutch....Pages 119-143
Pitch Movements and Information Structure in Spontaneous Dutch Discourse....Pages 145-161
Discourse Constraints on F0 Peak Timing in English....Pages 163-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Automatic Stylisation and Modelling of French and Italian Intonation....Pages 185-208
A Phonological Model of French Intonation....Pages 209-242
A Declination Model of Mandarin Chinese....Pages 243-268
A Quantitative Model of Fo Generation and Alignment....Pages 269-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Modelling of Swedish Text and Discourse Intonation in a Speech Synthesis Framework....Pages 291-320
A Prosodic Model for Text-to-speech Synthesis in French....Pages 321-355
Prosodic Parameters of French in a Speech Recognition System....Pages 357-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-397

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The volume Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology covers the main aspects of intonation, written by international researchers in the field. Following the Introduction, fourteen chapters are organised into five thematic sections: Overview of Intonation, Prominence andFocus, Boundaries and Discourse, Intonation Modelling and IntonationTechnology.
Each chapter is basically autonomous within a thematic section, but the subject of several chapters extends over more than one thematic section. The combination of a wide range of research areas, as well as interdisciplinary approaches in the study of intonation, makes this volume a unique contribution to the international scientific community.
Basic knowledge of Intonation and Prosody is assumed in the context of linguistic and computational backgrounds. Readers may range from students of advanced undergraduate to postgraduate and research levels as well as individual researchers within a variety of disciplines such as Experimental Phonetics, General and Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, and Speech-Language Engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Intonation: Past, Present, Future....Pages 13-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Acoustic-phonetic Analysis of Prominence in Swedish....Pages 55-86
Prosodic Disambiguation in English and Italian....Pages 87-95
Contrastive Tonal Analysis of Focus Perception in Greek and Swedish....Pages 97-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Phonetic Correlates of Statement versus Question Intonation in Dutch....Pages 119-143
Pitch Movements and Information Structure in Spontaneous Dutch Discourse....Pages 145-161
Discourse Constraints on F0 Peak Timing in English....Pages 163-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Automatic Stylisation and Modelling of French and Italian Intonation....Pages 185-208
A Phonological Model of French Intonation....Pages 209-242
A Declination Model of Mandarin Chinese....Pages 243-268
A Quantitative Model of Fo Generation and Alignment....Pages 269-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Modelling of Swedish Text and Discourse Intonation in a Speech Synthesis Framework....Pages 291-320
A Prosodic Model for Text-to-speech Synthesis in French....Pages 321-355
Prosodic Parameters of French in a Speech Recognition System....Pages 357-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-397
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