Year: 2024
Type: preprint
Abstract: Reduced articulatory precision is common in speech, but for dialog its acoustic properties and pragmatic functions have been little studied. We here try to remedy this gap. This technical report contains content that was omitted from the journal article (Ward et al. 2024, submitted). Specifically, we here report 1) lessons learned about annotating for perceived reduction, 2) the finding that, unlike in read speech, the correlates of reduction in dialog include high pitch, wide pitch range, and intensity, and 3) a baseline model for predicting reduction in dialog, using simple acoustic/prosodic features, that achieves correlations with human perceptions of 0.24 for English, and 0.17 for Spanish. We also provide examples of additional possible pragmatic functions of reduction in English, and various discussion, observations and speculations
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Ward, Nigel G., Ortega, Carlos A.
Institution: The University of Texas at El Paso
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7103325056