The conceptual similarity of intonational tones and its effects on intertranscriber reliability

Language and Speech

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-36

  Herman, Rebecca ^a   McGory, Julia Tevis ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intertranscriber reliability; Intonation; ToBI; Tone similarity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036513871     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309020450010101     Document Type: Article

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