Vocal features of conversational sarcasm: A comparison of methods

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 361-369

  Rockwell, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Frequency range; Fundamental frequency; Intensity; Perceptual coding; Pitch; Sarcasm; Time; Vocal cues

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547427849     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-006-9049-0     Document Type: Article

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