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Speech Prosody: From Acoustics to Interpretation, 1st ed. 2024
Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics Series
Author: Hirst Daniel
Language: EnglishSubjects for Speech Prosody: From Acoustics to Interpretation:
Keywords
Analysis; Interpretation; Modelling; Representation; Speech prosody
200 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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This book presents the author's personal overview of Speech Prosody, and in particular the different areas in which he has been especially interested over the last few decades. These include the acoustics of speech prosody, prosodic transcription, the relationship between lexical and non-lexical prosody, the nature of prosodic structure, the phonology of prosody, the modeling of rhythm and of melody, and the central question of the various and at times quite mysterious ways in which prosody contributes to the interpretation of an utterance. In a final chapter the author briefly outlines the directions which he believes may prove the most productive and fruitful for future work in the field of Speech Prosody.
1. Introduction.- 2. Speech Prosody, the Missing Link.- 3. Looking at Sounds.- 4. The Transcription of Speech Prosody.- 5. The Prosody of Words.- 6. The Phonology of Speech Prosody.- 7. Prosodic Structure.- 8. Modelling Speech Rhythm.- 9. Modelling Speech Melody.- 10. Interpreting Speech Prosody.- 11. Conclusion
In 2000, he founded SProSIG, a special interest group for the study of speech prosody, under the aegis of ISCA, theInternational Speech Communication Association and IPA, the International Phonetic Association.
In 2002, he organised the first International Conference on Speech Prosody, in Aix en Provence, France.
Since then, the Conference has been held regularly every two years in Europe, Asia, North and South America,
The next conference will be in the Netherlands (Leiden) in 2024.
In 2013, he was elected fellow of ISCA and in 2014 member of the Permanent Council for the Organisation of ICPhS, the international Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
In 2018, he was elected ISCA distinguished lecturer for 2018-2019, for which he travelled to Indonesia (Bandung), Singapore, Iran (Qazvin and Shahrekord) and China (Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha and Xi’an) giving lectures and tutorials.