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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Implicit learning of tonal rules in Thai as a second language

Lam, Ngo-shan, Alision., 林傲山. January 2011 (has links)
Implicit learning is the learning of underlying regularities hidden in the environment without the learner being conscious of what is being learnt. First language acquisition in young children is essentially implicit (Krashen, 1982), but the role of implicit learning in second language acquisition is debatable. Previous research on learning of tonal languages focused on perception and identification of language tones in relatively explicit settings, and showed that tonal language experience may not help with learning a new tonal language in an explicit setting (So & Best, 2010; Wang, 2006). Yet, little research was done on the implicit learning of language tones, and on whether prior tonal language experience plays a role in such implicit learning. In this study, simplified Thai tonal rules were used as a learning target to investigate if implicit learning of such rules is possible. Implicit learning performance among native tonal language speakers with no knowledge of Thai, non?tonal language native speakers who have learnt/have been learning tonal languages other than Thai, and non?tonal language speakers with little knowledge of tonal languages were compared. Results showed that the native tonal language group implicitly learnt the target, and some trends of learning were found in the tonal language learner group, but not in the tonal language na?ve group. This advantage of tonal language experience over the learning of tonal patterns suggested that tonal language experience can be transferable to the learning of a new tonal language in implicit settings. This suggested that, rather than being hindered by their prior linguistic experience, learners with some tonal language background may benefit from implicit settings when learning a new tonal language. / published_or_final_version / English / Master / Master of Philosophy
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The effects of right and left hemisphere damage on the comprehension of stress and intonation in English /

Johnson-Weiner, Karen Marie January 1984 (has links)
Normal Language requires the integration of formal, conceptual, and pragmatic knowledge. It appears to involve the analytic processing of the left hemisphere and the holistic processing of the right. To study hemisphere involvement in language processing, patients with unilateral right or left hemisphere lesions and a matched neurologically normal control group were tested on their ability to perceive stress and intonation contrasts in words and phrases of varying length. The results suggest that both hemispheres are involved in normal language processing, each in a qualitatively different way. Whereas the left hemisphere appears to work from the bottom up, analyzing information sequentially and arriving at the overall pattern, the right hemisphere works from the top down, beginning with the overall pattern and working to fill in the details. Moreover, the importance of each hemisphere's participation may change in response to different grammatical and contexual variables.
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A comparison of habitual pitch and optimum pitch in preschool-aged children

Micco, Katie. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Duquesne University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-44) and index.
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Radialista : análise acústica da variação entoacional na fala profissional e na fala coloquial / Radio : acoustic analysis of the variation in speech intonation in colloquial and professional

Campos, Luana Caroline Pereira, 1986- 21 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Plínio Almeida Barbosa / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T11:44:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Campos_LuanaCarolinePereira_M.pdf: 561404 bytes, checksum: 9141e55bb8da299032441577a649fcf3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar a diferença entre a fala coloquial e a fala profissional do locutor de rádio, analisando, em um primeiro momento, sua entoação através dos parâmetros de gama tonal, valor absoluto de frequência fundamental (f0), forma melódica do foco e alinhamento tonal. O sujeito da pesquisa foi um locutor de rádio, do sexo masculino, de 39 anos de idade, de uma emissora AM de Campinas, com um programa diário local de variedades. As gravações foram feitas em sala silenciosa, com microfone profissional, diretamente no computador através de placa de som. Os dados foram analisados acusticamente, utilizando o programa de análise acústica PRAAT (www.praat.org), focalizando a entoação por meio do correlato acústico da entoação: o parâmetro f0. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de uma entrevista semiestruturada informal (entrevista) com o locutor, solicitando-se que produzisse uma fala coloquial de diversos assuntos usualmente abordados na mídia na época da gravação. Durante a entrevista o locutor, espontaneamente, narrou um trecho de um gol do seu time, sendo esse trecho uma simulação de locução de jogo de futebol (simulação). A transcrição ortográfica por completo da entrevista foi realizada, e foram selecionados 10 trechos, que foram transcritos para formato de texto formal. De cada um dos 10 trechos selecionados foram elaboradas 5 frases no estilo de manchetes jornalísticas, sendo utilizadas as mais similares à locução radiofônica, somando um total de 29 manchetes. Após um tempo, foi solicitada ao locutor a leitura dos trechos transcritos e reescritos de forma profissional, como se estivesse atuando no rádio. Essa leitura foi realizada em taxa de elocução habitual (leitura normal), em taxa de elocução rápida (leitura rápida), e imitando o estilo profissional de narração futebolística (leitura futebol). Para validação dos estilos foi realizado um teste de percepção auditiva, a fim de verificar se o locutor foi eficiente nas tarefas solicitadas: leitura normal em comparação com a entrevista, e leitura futebol em comparação com leitura normal. A finalidade foi observar as diferenças e estratégias usadas pelos locutores para atrair a atenção dos ouvintes durante sua emissão. Após análise dos dados, concluímos que, como estratégia para diferenciar os estilos de locução, o locutor utiliza, quando a frequência fundamental (f0) é semelhante, primeiramente da variação da taxa de elocução, e em seguida a variação da duração das pausas silenciosas e da taxa de produção de proeminências. Quando a taxa de elocução é semelhante - como na leitura rápida e na leitura futebol- a estratégia utilizada pelo locutor para diferenciação do estilo de fala é, primeiramente, a variação da média de f0, assim como da duração das pausas silenciosas, e dos intervalos entre as proeminências / Abstract: The main purpose of this work is to study the prosodic differences between the colloquial and professional speech of a radio announcer by analyzing some intonational and rhythmic parameters such as tonal range, median fundamental frequency (f0), pitch accent shape and tonal alignment, as well as speech rate and pauses. The research subject was an AM radio announcer, male, 39 years old, working in an AM station in Campinas, where he has a daily program of local varieties. The recordings were made in a quiet room, with a professional microphone, directly through the computer sound card. Data were analyzed acoustically, using acoustic analysis software PRAAT (www.praat.org). Data collection was conducted through an informal semi-structured interview (interview) with the announcer, where the experimenter asked him to talk about different subjects usually covered in the media at the time of recording. During the interview, the announcer spontaneously narrated a snippet of a goal during a game of his soccer team. This part was separately analyzed as a simulation of a football game (simulation). The entire interview was orthographically transcribed and 10 excerpts were selected for analysis. These excerpts were slightly modified in order to obtain a formal text for a reading task. In each of the 10 excerpts 5 sentences were drawn in the style of journalistic headlines, from which 29 headlines most similar to real radio headlines were selected for reading as headlines. The speaker was asked to read the 10 excerpts of the transcription in a professional manner, as if he was in the radio station. This reading was performed in normal speech rate (normal reading), in fast speech rate (speed reading), and a part of it imitating the style of the narration of a soccer game (soccer game reading). For validating the different speaking styles, we conducted an auditory perception test in order to check if the speaker was efficient in producing the tasks. Listeners compared normal reading with the interview, and soccer-game style reading compared to normal reading. The purpose of the study was to observe the differences and strategies used by speakers to attract the attention of listeners during broadcasting. After analyzing the data, we conclude that, as a strategy to differentiate the styles of speech when the fundamental frequency (f0) is similar, the announcer varies speech rate, and then varies the duration of silent pauses as well as the rate of pitch accent production. When speech rate is similar in the case of rapid reading and soccer game reading, the strategy used by the announcer for distinguishing these speech styles is the variation of the median f0, as well as the variation of silent pauses duration and the pitch accent rate / Mestrado / Linguistica / Mestra em Linguística
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Perzeption und kognitive Verarbeitung der Sprechmelodie : theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Untersuchungen /

Niebuhr, Oliver. January 2007 (has links)
Univ., Diss.--Kiel, 2006. / Literaturverz. S. [387] - 403. - CD-ROM-Beil. enth.: Anhänge A - J, teilw. mit Audiodateien (wav-Format).
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The influence of vowels on the perception of consonants

Klaassen-Don, Lucia Elisa Odilia, January 1983 (has links)
Proefschrift (Ph. D.)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 1983. / Vita. Text in English; foreword, summary and vita in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-153).
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The influence of vowels on the perception of consonants

Klaassen-Don, Lucia Elisa Odilia, January 1983 (has links)
Proefschrift (Ph. D.)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 1983. / Vita. Text in English; foreword, summary and vita in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-153).
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Nonverbal vocal interface /

Murdoch, Michael J. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).
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Perfil entoacional do operador de telemarkenting e tipo de padrão mais aceito por clientes de operadoras de celular

Carla Maria Cavalcanti Padilha de Brito 01 July 2007 (has links)
O setor de telemarketing encontra-se em expansão no Brasil e surge como uma primeira oportunidade de emprego formal. No telemarketing ativo, o papel do teleoperador é o contato direto com o cliente é ele quem faz a ligação, enquanto que, no receptivo, ele recebe a ligação. Neste cenário, a voz torna-se uma ferramenta de trabalho essencial, pois grande parte do desempenho do teleoperador relaciona-se diretamente à comunicação verbal. A voz necessita, para uma boa comunicação, variações de pitch, loudness, velocidade de fala, entoação. Esses parâmetros estão relacionados à prosódia. A literatura apresenta poucos estudos que contemplam a entoação no telemarketing. O presente estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar o perfil entoacional do operador de telemarketing, assim como identificar o tipo de padrão entoacional mais aceito pelos clientes de operadoras de telefonia celular. Para tanto, foi aplicado um questionário a 212 clientes de empresas de telefonia celular, realizado um estudo da entoação de 40 teleoperadores com base na Teoria Interacional da Entoação, desenvolvida por David Brazil, e apresentadas, a 100 clientes, gravações dos padrões mais recorrentes para que identificassem os mais aceitos. Os resultados mais representativos foram: os clientes percebem diferenças entre as formas de atendimento do telemarketing ativo do receptivo, principalmente, os de faixa etária mais jovem (20 a 30 anos); foi identificado como padrão mais recorrente, entre as 40 falas transcritas, o tom ascendente, tanto no telemarketing ativo quanto no receptivo. Contudo, no telemarketing ativo, o segundo padrão mais recorrente foi o descendente, e no telemarketing receptivo, foi o descendente-ascendente. De acordo com a avaliação de 100 clientes, os quais escutaram gravações de vozes de teleoperadores, os tons ascendentes e descendentes, independente do tipo de telemarketing, foram considerados naturais, e o tom descendente-ascendente foi considerado exagerado ou caricato. No telemarketing ativo, o padrão descendente foi mais aceito, e no telemarketing receptivo, os tons ascendentes. O padrão descendente-ascendente teve uma avaliação mais positiva pelos clientes do sexo masculino. Dessa forma, podemos concluir que é necessário conhecer o perfil do cliente que irá utilizar os serviços de telemarketing da empresa, seja ele receptivo ou ativo, para que o operador possa adequar a entoação à forma mais agradável ao cliente / The telemarketing sector is in frank expansion in Brasil, and for many it represents the initial opportunity for formal employment. In active telemarketing, the operator calls the customer whereas in receptive telemarketing the call is made by the customer. Since there is no face to face interaction performance of the operator, in both modalities, is solely dependent on his or her verbal communication skills. Thus, their voice is probably the most important component for success. For good communication there must be variations in voice pitch, loudness, speed and intonation, which are essential for good prosody. However, there are relatively few studies examining the subject of intonation in telemarketing. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to characterize the intonation profile of telemarketing operators, as well as to identify the intonation pattern more widely accepted by the customers of a cellular telephony company. For this, a questionnaire was applied to 212 customers and an analysis of the intonation of 40 telemarketing operators conducted using Brazils Interactive Theory of Intonation. 50 customers were also asked to listen to audio recordings containing the most frequent intonation patterns and requested to identify the most pleasant ones. Differences in customer service were observed between the two modalities of telemarketing (active or receptive), especially by younger customers (20-30 year olds). Of the 40 discourses evaluated, the most recurrent intonation pattern was the rise pattern both in the active and receptive telemarketing modalities. In active telemarketing, however, the second most prevalent pattern was the fall pattern, whereas in the receptive modality it was the fall-rise pattern. Based on the opinion of the 100 customers that listened to the recordings, it may be concluded that regardless of the type of telemarketing, the rise and fall patterns were considered more natural, in contrast to the fall-rise, pattern which was perceived as exagerated or caricatured. In active telemarmarketing the fall pattern was more widely accepted whereas the rise pattern was better accepted in receptive telemarketing. In addition, the rise and fall pattern was more positively evaluated by male customers. Thus, it may be concluded that, regardless of the type of telemarketing, it is necessary for the company to study the profile of its customers in order for its operators to use the most adequate voice intonation
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O papel dos padrões entoacionais na construção de sentido na leitura oral do professor em sala de aula / The role of intonation patterns in the construction of meaning in oral reading of teachers in the classroom

Luciana Virgínia Prazeres Teixeira Santos 04 May 2010 (has links)
O ato de ler, para alguns, parece fácil e agradável, para outros representa um sacrifício sem perspectivas favoráveis. Nas práticas escolares, muitas vezes, não se prepara o aluno para ser um leitor proficiente, mas para cumprir um ritual da grade curricular de Língua Portuguesa. A leitura resulta do pensamento organizado, conhecimento prévio e partilhado na ação interativa ao qual se somam os recursos lingüísticos - prosódicos (alongamentos, entonações, alteração no ritmo e na altura da voz) e paralinguísticos (a repetição, a pausa, a hesitação e a interrupção). Esta pesquisa é uma análise qualitativa de leitura partilhada entre professor e aluno. Fundamenta-se na Análise do Discurso, tendo como ponto de partida a Teoria Interacional da Entonação (TIE) de Brazil (1985), que compreende que as pistas fornecidas pelo leitor/ ouvinte/ autor/ texto são constitutivas de sentido e que as escolhas tonais, feitas pelos interactantes, auxiliam na construção de sentido de texto oral, e este sentido está diretamente ligado à compreensão de texto escrito. Quando não há construção de sentido na oralidade, tem-se o reflexo da desconstrução no processo da escrita, o aluno lê, formando hipóteses de palavras que não estão no texto, estas hipóteses, por sua vez, interferem na resposta da análise compreensiva de texto escrito. O corpus para esta pesquisa é constituído a partir da leitura de dois gêneros textuais diferentes: a crônica A Descoberta (1991), escrita por Luis Fernando Veríssimo, e o poema Sobradinho, dos autores Sá e Guarabira (1973). Dois critérios foram estabelecidos para a escolha dos textos. Primeiro, porque a crônica e o poema são objeto de estudo contemplados no conteúdo programático de turmas do 7 ano do Ensino Fundamental. Segundo, porque o gênero crônica conta um episódio cativante, cuja trama envolve uma sucessão de ações, com abordagem breve e reflexiva, havendo digressões, comentários ou apontamentos dissertativos. Enquanto o poema apresenta características melódicas, ritmo e rima, produzindo harmonia, movimentação entre as sílabas átonas e tônicas. Foram verificadas escolhas distintas do padrão entoacional, bem como palavras com proeminência, e a repercussão dessas escolhas na análise compreensiva de texto. Percebeu-se que a pausa, a repetição, a hesitação, o alongamento, as trocas e supressões de palavras alteram o sentido da compreensão, e concluiu-se que os recursos linguísticos e paralinguísticos desempenham papel essencial na construção de sentido de texto. E quando o professor não faz uso destas estratégias prosódicas como ferramentas no processo interativo, dificulta a construção de sentido de texto. / For some peoples, the act of reading is seem easy and pleasant for others is a sacrifice without favorable prospects. School practices often do not prepare the student to be a proficient reader, but to perform a ritual of the curriculum of Portuguese Language. The read result of organized thought, prior knowledge and shared in the interactive action to which they add the linguistic-prosodic features (stretches, tones, change the pace and the time of the voice) and (repetition, pausing, hesitation and interruption). This research is a qualitative analysis of reading shared between teacher and student. It is based on discourse analysis, taking as its starting point the Interactional Theory of Intonation (TIE) of Brazil (1985), who realizes that the clues provided by the reader / listener / author / text are constitutive of meaning and tone choices made by persons, aid in the construction of meaning in spoken language and this sense is directly linked to the understanding of written text. When there is constructionof meaning in oral language, has been a reflection of deconstruction in the writing process. The corpus for this research consists of reading from two different text types: a chronic Discovery (1991), written by Luis Fernando Verissimo, and the poem Sobradinho, of the authors Sa e Guarabira (1973). Two criteria were established for the choice of texts. First, because the chronic and the poem are the object of study covered in the syllabus of classes of the 7th year of fundamental education. Second, because the chronic kind, has a captivating episode, the plot involves a series of actions, with brief and reflective approach, with digressions, comments or notes essay. And the poem, because it has characteristics like melody, rhythm and rhyme, producing harmony, moving between the syllables and unstressed syllables. It was also evidenced the distinct choices of standard intonation, as well as words prominence and impact of those choices in the comprehensive analysis of text. It was noticed that the pause, repetition, hesitation, stretching, exchanges and deletions of words change the meaning of understanding, and concluded that the language resources and para play an essential role in the construction of meaning of text. And when the teacher does not make use of these prosodic strategies as tools in the interactive process, makes the construction of meaning of text.

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