Emotions in vowel segments of continuous speech: Analysis of the glottal flow using the normalised amplitude quotient

Phonetica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-46

  Airas, Matti ^a   Alku, Paavo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; VOICE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; TAPE RECORDING; VOICE;

EID: 33644694381     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091405     Document Type: Article

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