Emotion co-exists with lexical effects: A case study

Authors

  • Tatiana V. Kryuchkova Dept. of Linguistics, University of Alberta, 4-32 Assiniboia Hall, AB T6G 2E7, Canada
  • Benjamin V. Tucker Dept. of Linguistics, University of Alberta, 4-32 Assiniboia Hall, AB T6G 2E7, Canada

Keywords:

Acoustic characteristic, Dependent variables, Lexical frequency, Monte-Carlo sampling, P-values

Abstract

A study that was conducted to examine how emotion co-exists with lexical effects is presented. Monte-Carlo sampling was used to estimate reported p-values. First, the dependent variables were modeled individually as a function of Emotion and Speaker to check whether the acoustic characteristics of the recorded speech were indeed modified by the emotional modality. Second, the dependent variables were modeled as a function of the predictors lexical Frequency (logged) and Neighborhood Density; the model also accounted for possible interactions of the two lexical predictors with Emotion and Speaker. The effect of Neighborhood Density on vowel duration does not interact with lexical Frequency and lexical Frequency is not predictive of vowel duration.

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Published

2012-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Kryuchkova TV, Tucker BV. Emotion co-exists with lexical effects: A case study. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2012 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 6];40(3):32-3. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2525

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Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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