Acoustic correlates of neutral versus angry affect in real and non-word sentences

Authors

  • Heather Flowers Dept. of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada
  • Tim Bressmann Dept. of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada

Keywords:

Natural frequencies, Acoustic correlates, Acoustic energy, Acoustic parameters, Affective state, Fundamental frequencies, Sound pressure level, University of Toronto

Abstract

A study was conducted to identify changes in three acoustic parameters when participants adopted a hot angry affective state. It investigated changes in fundamental frequency, amplitude, and nasalance in two sentence types. These two sentence types included a real oral sentence and a non-word balanced sentence. It was assumed that mean fundamental frequency (f0) and sound pressure level (SPL) were to increase in sentences spoken with a hot angry affect. Nasalance was expected to decrease with a hot angry affect. It was assumed that synergistic recruitment of velopharyngeal muscles was to result in a tighter velopharyngeal port closure and less transmission of acoustic energy through the nasal passage. The study recruited 10 speakers from the University of Toronto, Canada to conduct the investigations.

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Published

2009-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Flowers H, Bressmann T. Acoustic correlates of neutral versus angry affect in real and non-word sentences. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2009 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Oct. 7];37(3):162-3. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2184

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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