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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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Aspects of intonation and prosody in Bininj Gun-wok: an autosegmental-metrical analysis

Bishop, Judith Bronwyn January 2003 (has links)
This dissertation presents a qualitative and quantitative analysis of aspects of the intonation and prosody of an Australian polysynthetic language, Bininj Gun-wok (BGW; also referred to as Mayali). The theoretical framework is autosegmental-metrical phonology, as adapted to the description of intonation by Pierrehumbert (1980); Bruce (1977) and others. The analysis focuses principally on two dialects, Kuninjku and Manyallaluk Mayali (MM), with some reference to the Kunwinjku, Kune, Gun-Djeihmi and Kundedjnjenghmi dialects.
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Aspects of intonation and prosody in Bininj gun-wok : autosegmental-metrical analysis /

Bishop, Judith Bronwyn. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, 2003. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 439-476).
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The rhythmic and prosodic organization of edge constituents an optimality-theoretic account /

Hung, Henrietta J. January 1995 (has links)
Originally presented as the author's Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brandeis University, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-172).
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The rhythmic and prosodic organization of edge constituents an optimality-theoretic account /

Hung, Henrietta J. January 1995 (has links)
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Brandeis University, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-172).
85

Building a prosodically sensitive diphone database for a Korean text-to-speech synthesis system

Yoon, Kyuchul, January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xxii, 291 p.; also includes graphics (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-216). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Syllabic and prosodic approaches to rhythmic composition: a collective instrumental case study

Eves, R. David 21 July 2008 (has links)
The purpose of the study was to observe and document the manner through which eight students from two separate Grade 2 classes combined both syllabic (musical) and prosodic (word) rhythmic composing strategies during an eight week composing unit. Through the triangulation of data collected in the form of a research journal, student compositions, videotapes of composing behaviour, and transcriptions of group student interviews, integrated and music dominated group composing processes emerged, as well as four dominant trends of composing behaviour. First, a dialectical relationship between phrasal development and conception of meter was observed to exist depending upon student choice of composing strategy. Second, the influence of leadership roles was observed to play a dominant role in the determination of group composing process. Third, students exhibited differing modes of rhythmic perception during the assembly and performance stages of composition. Fourth and finally, an ambiguity regarding future preferred composing strategy was noted by students. Implications for education include the integration of cross-curricular (music and language) composing units. Further study of the influence of cooperative learning and student perception of meter within the domain of composition is recommended as children were capable of generating linguistic and musical learning opportunities “from the inside-out.”
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A forma e o uso dos sufixos -inho e -zinho em variedades do português do sul do Brasil

Teixeira, Taize Winkelmann January 2008 (has links)
Neste trabalho, investiga-se a distribuição dos sufixos -inho e -zinho nos dialetos de Porto Alegre e Curitiba. A partir de estudos que contemplaram tais afixos, olhamos para fatores de natureza lingüística, como classe gramatical (nomes, não-nomes), tonicidade (oxítona, paroxítona e proparoxítona), segmento final da forma primitiva (vogal baixa, vogal média-baixa frontal e posterior, -i, - u primitivos, -e, - o primitivos, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), onset da sílaba final (nasal dorsal, labiais, coronais, dorsais, onset vazio), e para fatores de natureza extralingüística, como escolaridade (primário, ginásio, secundário), sexo (masculino e feminino), faixa etária (menos de 50 anos e mais de 50 anos), localidade (Porto Alegre e Curitiba). Esta pesquisa faz uso de dados de fala extraídos de 24 entrevistas do Projeto VARSUL e de um teste de produtividade, que se utiliza de pseudopalavras, aplicado a 20 informantes. Para a análise quantitativa dos resultados, fazemos um uso adaptado dos programas que compõem o pacote VARBRUL, lançando mão tão-somente de freqüências, já que não se trata de um fenômeno tipicamente variável. A análise dos resultados mostrou que -inho é o sufixo mais usado, ainda que -zinho seja o preferido no contexto de pseudopalavras. Além disso, observouse um padrão predominantemente alternante, conforme já previu a literatura, definido pela tonicidade, ainda que algum lugar para usos variáveis esteja reservado. / In this paper, the distribution of the suffixes -inho and -zinho is investigated in the dialects of Porto Alegre and Curitiba. Starting from studies that cover such affix, we looked at factors of linguistic nature, like grammatical class (names, nonames), tonicity (stressed on the last, second last, or third last syllable), final segment in the primitive form (low vowel, back and front low-mid vowels, -i, primitive -u, -e, primitive -o, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), final syllable onset (dorsal nasal, labial, coronal, dorsal, empty onset), and extra linguistic nature factors, such as educational background (primary, elementary, high school), sex (male and female), age group (less than 50 and more than 50 years old), place (Porto Alegre and Curitiba). This research makes use of extracted speech data of 24 interviews from Projeto VARSUL and of a productivity test, which uses pseudo words, applied to 20 applicants. For the quantitative analysis of the results, we make an adapted use of the programs that compose the package VARBRUL, not taking into account only of frequencies numbers, since it is not a typically variable phenomenon. The analysis of the results showed that -inho is the most used suffix, although -zinho is the favorite in the context of pseudo words. Besides, a predominantly alternating pattern was observed, as already expected in literature, defined by the tonicity, although some place for variable uses may be reserved.
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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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A forma e o uso dos sufixos -inho e -zinho em variedades do português do sul do Brasil

Teixeira, Taize Winkelmann January 2008 (has links)
Neste trabalho, investiga-se a distribuição dos sufixos -inho e -zinho nos dialetos de Porto Alegre e Curitiba. A partir de estudos que contemplaram tais afixos, olhamos para fatores de natureza lingüística, como classe gramatical (nomes, não-nomes), tonicidade (oxítona, paroxítona e proparoxítona), segmento final da forma primitiva (vogal baixa, vogal média-baixa frontal e posterior, -i, - u primitivos, -e, - o primitivos, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), onset da sílaba final (nasal dorsal, labiais, coronais, dorsais, onset vazio), e para fatores de natureza extralingüística, como escolaridade (primário, ginásio, secundário), sexo (masculino e feminino), faixa etária (menos de 50 anos e mais de 50 anos), localidade (Porto Alegre e Curitiba). Esta pesquisa faz uso de dados de fala extraídos de 24 entrevistas do Projeto VARSUL e de um teste de produtividade, que se utiliza de pseudopalavras, aplicado a 20 informantes. Para a análise quantitativa dos resultados, fazemos um uso adaptado dos programas que compõem o pacote VARBRUL, lançando mão tão-somente de freqüências, já que não se trata de um fenômeno tipicamente variável. A análise dos resultados mostrou que -inho é o sufixo mais usado, ainda que -zinho seja o preferido no contexto de pseudopalavras. Além disso, observouse um padrão predominantemente alternante, conforme já previu a literatura, definido pela tonicidade, ainda que algum lugar para usos variáveis esteja reservado. / In this paper, the distribution of the suffixes -inho and -zinho is investigated in the dialects of Porto Alegre and Curitiba. Starting from studies that cover such affix, we looked at factors of linguistic nature, like grammatical class (names, nonames), tonicity (stressed on the last, second last, or third last syllable), final segment in the primitive form (low vowel, back and front low-mid vowels, -i, primitive -u, -e, primitive -o, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), final syllable onset (dorsal nasal, labial, coronal, dorsal, empty onset), and extra linguistic nature factors, such as educational background (primary, elementary, high school), sex (male and female), age group (less than 50 and more than 50 years old), place (Porto Alegre and Curitiba). This research makes use of extracted speech data of 24 interviews from Projeto VARSUL and of a productivity test, which uses pseudo words, applied to 20 applicants. For the quantitative analysis of the results, we make an adapted use of the programs that compose the package VARBRUL, not taking into account only of frequencies numbers, since it is not a typically variable phenomenon. The analysis of the results showed that -inho is the most used suffix, although -zinho is the favorite in the context of pseudo words. Besides, a predominantly alternating pattern was observed, as already expected in literature, defined by the tonicity, although some place for variable uses may be reserved.
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A forma e o uso dos sufixos -inho e -zinho em variedades do português do sul do Brasil

Teixeira, Taize Winkelmann January 2008 (has links)
Neste trabalho, investiga-se a distribuição dos sufixos -inho e -zinho nos dialetos de Porto Alegre e Curitiba. A partir de estudos que contemplaram tais afixos, olhamos para fatores de natureza lingüística, como classe gramatical (nomes, não-nomes), tonicidade (oxítona, paroxítona e proparoxítona), segmento final da forma primitiva (vogal baixa, vogal média-baixa frontal e posterior, -i, - u primitivos, -e, - o primitivos, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), onset da sílaba final (nasal dorsal, labiais, coronais, dorsais, onset vazio), e para fatores de natureza extralingüística, como escolaridade (primário, ginásio, secundário), sexo (masculino e feminino), faixa etária (menos de 50 anos e mais de 50 anos), localidade (Porto Alegre e Curitiba). Esta pesquisa faz uso de dados de fala extraídos de 24 entrevistas do Projeto VARSUL e de um teste de produtividade, que se utiliza de pseudopalavras, aplicado a 20 informantes. Para a análise quantitativa dos resultados, fazemos um uso adaptado dos programas que compõem o pacote VARBRUL, lançando mão tão-somente de freqüências, já que não se trata de um fenômeno tipicamente variável. A análise dos resultados mostrou que -inho é o sufixo mais usado, ainda que -zinho seja o preferido no contexto de pseudopalavras. Além disso, observouse um padrão predominantemente alternante, conforme já previu a literatura, definido pela tonicidade, ainda que algum lugar para usos variáveis esteja reservado. / In this paper, the distribution of the suffixes -inho and -zinho is investigated in the dialects of Porto Alegre and Curitiba. Starting from studies that cover such affix, we looked at factors of linguistic nature, like grammatical class (names, nonames), tonicity (stressed on the last, second last, or third last syllable), final segment in the primitive form (low vowel, back and front low-mid vowels, -i, primitive -u, -e, primitive -o, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), final syllable onset (dorsal nasal, labial, coronal, dorsal, empty onset), and extra linguistic nature factors, such as educational background (primary, elementary, high school), sex (male and female), age group (less than 50 and more than 50 years old), place (Porto Alegre and Curitiba). This research makes use of extracted speech data of 24 interviews from Projeto VARSUL and of a productivity test, which uses pseudo words, applied to 20 applicants. For the quantitative analysis of the results, we make an adapted use of the programs that compose the package VARBRUL, not taking into account only of frequencies numbers, since it is not a typically variable phenomenon. The analysis of the results showed that -inho is the most used suffix, although -zinho is the favorite in the context of pseudo words. Besides, a predominantly alternating pattern was observed, as already expected in literature, defined by the tonicity, although some place for variable uses may be reserved.

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