Research on speech and emotion is moving from a period of exploratory research into one
where there is a prospect of substantial applications, notably in human–computer …

This engaging, succinct text is an introduction to both phonetics and phonology as applied to
the teaching of pronunciation to English language learners. Section 1 selectively covers the …

Current text-to-speech systems have very good intelligibility, but most are still easily
identified as artificial voices and no commercial system incorporates prosodic variation …

Researchers currently seek to improve validity in speech and language studies by adopting
naturalistic procedures In emotion-display research, validity is threatened by standard …

It is inconceivable that there could be information present in the speech signal that could be
detected by the human auditory system but which is not accessible to acoustic analysis and …

This paper presents a model of speech articulation planning and generation based on
General Tau Theory and Optimal Control Theory. Because General Tau Theory assumes …

In the interest of achieving experimental control, most studies of the effects of emotional
arousal on the voice have avoided field data, preferring instead to work with data simulated …

Visual search based on a conjunction of two features typically elicits reaction times that
increase linearly as a function of the number of distractors, whereas search based on a …

This study examined English emotional prosody and identified differences in vocal
expression of love and sorrow among first language (L1) speakers, learners of English as a …

This paper explores how emotion is conveyed in spoken language based on a sample of
three stories for children read aloud by a trained storyteller. It draws on both Martin & White's …