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The Role of Intonation in Speech Perception

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Structure and Process in Speech Perception

Part of the book series: Communication and Cybernetics ((COMMUNICATION,volume 11))

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Past research of intonation at the Institute for Perception Research has been concerned with describing melodic properties of utterances in terms of perceptually relevant pitch events, without taking into consideration their possible communicative functions. The aim of this approach has been to establish the relationship between the continuously varying fundamental frequency of the speech signal and the corresponding discrete perceptual units.

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  1. Belgian National Science Foundation (NFWO), Belgium

    R. Collier

  2. Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    R. Collier

  3. Institute for Perception Research, Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, 4502, The Netherlands

    J.’t Hart

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  1. Institute for Perception Research, Eindhoven, Netherlands

    Antonie Cohen  & Sibout G. Nooteboom  & 

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Collier, R., Hart, J. (1975). The Role of Intonation in Speech Perception. In: Cohen, A., Nooteboom, S.G. (eds) Structure and Process in Speech Perception. Communication and Cybernetics, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81000-8_7

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