Disentanglement of prosodic meaning: Toward a framework for the analysis of nonverbal information in speech.

ABSTRACT: We propose a theoretical framework and a cost-effective automated method for the interpretation of prosodic messages (e.g., chunking of information, emphasis, conversation action, emotion). At the core of the proposal is a hierarchy of layered prosodic messages that co-occur within the same intonation unit (0.5 to 2 s long). Motivated by this hierarchy, a procedure for the differential detection of three such co-occurring nonverbal messages is then described. In way of implementation, we produce a variant model of the WHISPER automatic speech recognition system that flags intonation unit boundaries, intonation unit prototypes, and emphases therein. The procedure required us to alter WHISPER's token combinations and significantly adjust its prediction process. The variant model was tested o

SUBMITTER: Biron T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12452892 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature