An exemplar-based model of intonation perception of statements and questions in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin

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dc.contributor.advisorWinters, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorChow, Una Yu Po
dc.contributor.committeememberWinters, Stephen
dc.contributor.committeememberFlynn, Darin
dc.contributor.committeememberPexman, Penelope
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-10T15:11:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-10T15:11:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractTo better understand how humans can perceive intonation from speech that includes natural variability, this study investigated whether exemplar theory could account for native listeners’ categorization of sentence intonation in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. In each language, twenty native listeners classified gated utterances of statements and echo questions produced by native speakers. Then a computational model simulated the classification of these utterances, using an exemplar-based process of categorization that relied on F0 only. The computational model correctly classified these sentences above chance without normalizing F0 by speaker. Compared to the human listeners, the model was similarly sensitive to the cross-linguistic differences in the cues for questions, but performed worse when these cues were (partly) excluded from the utterances. These results suggest that human listeners store whole intonation patterns in memory and use additional acoustic information, along with F0, to categorize new statements and questions, in accordance with exemplar theory principles.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChow, U. Y. (2017). An exemplar-based model of intonation perception of statements and questions in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24881en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24881
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3819
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectSpeech Communication
dc.subjectEducation--Language and Literature
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.subjectAcoustics
dc.subjectComputer Science
dc.subjectPsychology--Cognitive
dc.subject.otherExemplar Theory
dc.subject.otherspeech perception
dc.subject.otherspeech production
dc.subject.otherspeech prosody
dc.subject.othercomputer simulations
dc.subject.otherintonation
dc.subject.otherlexical tone
dc.subject.otherword stress
dc.subject.otherfundamental frequency
dc.subject.otherEnglish
dc.subject.otherCantonese
dc.subject.otherMandarin
dc.subject.otherstatement
dc.subject.otherquestion
dc.titleAn exemplar-based model of intonation perception of statements and questions in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineLinguistics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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