Ebook: Prosody: Theory and Experiment: Studies Presented to Gösta Bruce

The study of prosody is perhaps the area of speech research which has undergone the most noticeable development during the past ten to fifteen years. As an indication of this, one can note, for example, that at the latest International Conference on Spoken Language Processing in Philadelphia (October 1996), there were more sessions devoted to prosody than to any other area. Not only that, but within other sessions, in particular those dealing with dialogue, several of the presentations dealt specifically with prosodic aspects of dialogue research. Even at the latest Eurospeech meeting in Rhodes (September 1997), prosody, together with speech recognition (where several contributions dealt with how prosodic cues can be exploited to improve recognition processes) were the most frequent session topics, despite the fact that th'ere was a separate ESCA satellite workshop on intonation in conjunction with the main Eurospeech meeting which included over 80 contributions. This focus on prosodic research is partly due to the fact that developments in speech technology have made it possible to examine the acoustic parameters associated with prosodic phenomena (in particular fundamental frequency and duration) to an extent which has not been possible in other domains of speech research. It is also due to the fact that significant theoretical advances in linguistics and phonetics have been made during this time which have made it possible to obtain a better understanding of how prosodic parameters function in expressing different kinds of meaning in the languages of the world.

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The study of prosody is perhaps the area of speech research which has undergone the most noticeable development during the past ten to fifteen years. This book contains contributions by 15 internationally recognized experts (including M. Beckman, N. Campbell, C. Gussenhoven, J. Hirschberg, D. Hirst, D.R. Ladd, M. Ostendorf, J. Pierrehumbert, E.Selkirk, S. Shattuck-Hufnagel, and J. Terken) in different areas of prosody which provide readers with the most current and comprehensive picture of the major areas of research within the field. The contributions not only provide a survey of major developments in prosody during the past 15-20 years, but also present ongoing work as well as point to areas where future research is needed. The chapters deal with a wide range of topics including the representation of tones and intonation, evidence for and constraints on prosodic phrasing, prosodic boundary detection, articulatory dynamics of stress, timing in speech, and prosodic correlates of speaking style, as well as the perception of prosodic prominence.
The book offers investigators in all areas of speech communication (phonetics, phonology, speech technology) with a comprehensive and coherent presentation of contemporary prosodic research.

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The study of prosody is perhaps the area of speech research which has undergone the most noticeable development during the past ten to fifteen years. This book contains contributions by 15 internationally recognized experts (including M. Beckman, N. Campbell, C. Gussenhoven, J. Hirschberg, D. Hirst, D.R. Ladd, M. Ostendorf, J. Pierrehumbert, E.Selkirk, S. Shattuck-Hufnagel, and J. Terken) in different areas of prosody which provide readers with the most current and comprehensive picture of the major areas of research within the field. The contributions not only provide a survey of major developments in prosody during the past 15-20 years, but also present ongoing work as well as point to areas where future research is needed. The chapters deal with a wide range of topics including the representation of tones and intonation, evidence for and constraints on prosodic phrasing, prosodic boundary detection, articulatory dynamics of stress, timing in speech, and prosodic correlates of speaking style, as well as the perception of prosodic prominence.
The book offers investigators in all areas of speech communication (phonetics, phonology, speech technology) with a comprehensive and coherent presentation of contemporary prosodic research.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-v
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Tonal Elements and Their Alignment....Pages 11-36
Bruce, Pierrehumbert, and the Elements of Intonational Phonology....Pages 37-50
Levels of Representation and Levels of Analysis for the Description of Intonation Systems....Pages 51-87
The Perception of Prosodic Prominence....Pages 89-127
The Lexical Tone Contrast of Roermond Dutch in Optimality Theory....Pages 129-167
Modeling the Articulatory Dynamics of Two Levels of Stress Contrast....Pages 169-200
Phrase-Level Phonology in Speech Production Planning: Evidence for the Role of Prosodic Structure....Pages 201-229
The Interaction of Constraints on Prosodic Phrasing....Pages 231-261
Prosodic Boundary Detection....Pages 263-279
Timing in Speech: A Multi-Level Process....Pages 281-334
A Corpus-Based Approach to the Study of Speaking Style....Pages 335-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-359

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The study of prosody is perhaps the area of speech research which has undergone the most noticeable development during the past ten to fifteen years. This book contains contributions by 15 internationally recognized experts (including M. Beckman, N. Campbell, C. Gussenhoven, J. Hirschberg, D. Hirst, D.R. Ladd, M. Ostendorf, J. Pierrehumbert, E.Selkirk, S. Shattuck-Hufnagel, and J. Terken) in different areas of prosody which provide readers with the most current and comprehensive picture of the major areas of research within the field. The contributions not only provide a survey of major developments in prosody during the past 15-20 years, but also present ongoing work as well as point to areas where future research is needed. The chapters deal with a wide range of topics including the representation of tones and intonation, evidence for and constraints on prosodic phrasing, prosodic boundary detection, articulatory dynamics of stress, timing in speech, and prosodic correlates of speaking style, as well as the perception of prosodic prominence.
The book offers investigators in all areas of speech communication (phonetics, phonology, speech technology) with a comprehensive and coherent presentation of contemporary prosodic research.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-v
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Tonal Elements and Their Alignment....Pages 11-36
Bruce, Pierrehumbert, and the Elements of Intonational Phonology....Pages 37-50
Levels of Representation and Levels of Analysis for the Description of Intonation Systems....Pages 51-87
The Perception of Prosodic Prominence....Pages 89-127
The Lexical Tone Contrast of Roermond Dutch in Optimality Theory....Pages 129-167
Modeling the Articulatory Dynamics of Two Levels of Stress Contrast....Pages 169-200
Phrase-Level Phonology in Speech Production Planning: Evidence for the Role of Prosodic Structure....Pages 201-229
The Interaction of Constraints on Prosodic Phrasing....Pages 231-261
Prosodic Boundary Detection....Pages 263-279
Timing in Speech: A Multi-Level Process....Pages 281-334
A Corpus-Based Approach to the Study of Speaking Style....Pages 335-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-359
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