Prosodic cues for rated politeness in Japanese speech

Speech Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-217

  Ofuka, Etsuko ^a   McKeown, J Denis ^b   Waterman, Mitch G ^b   Roach, Peter J ^c  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION THEORY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

PROSODIC CUES;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0034300744     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(00)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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