Esther Grabe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1719975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther Grabe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther |
| FAMILY NAME | Grabe |
| SIGNATURE | GRABE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Connecting Intonation Labels to Mathematical Descriptions of Fundamental Frequency
The mathematical models of intonation used in speech technology are often inaccessible to linguists. By the same token, phonological descriptions of intonation are rarely used by speech technologists, as they cannot be implemented directly in applications. Consequently, these research communities do not benefit much from each other's insights. In this paper, we explore the interface between the disciplines, in search of bridges between intonation…
Loudness predicts prominence
We explored a database covering seven dialects of British and Irish English and three different styles of speech to find acoustic correlates of prominence. We built classifiers, trained the classifiers on human prominence/nonprominence judgments, and then evaluated how well they behaved. The classifiers operate on 452 ms windows centered on syllables, using different acoustic measures. By comparing the performance of classifiers based on differen…
Perception of English Intonation by English, Spanish, and Chinese Listeners
Native language affects the perception of segmental phonetic structure, of stress, and of semantic and pragmatic effects of intonation. Similarly, native language might influence the perception of similarities and differences among intonation contours. To test this hypothesis, a cross-language experiment was conducted. An English utterance was resynthesized with seven falling and four rising intonation contours. English, Iberian Spanish, and Chin…
Q uantitative Characterizations of Speech Rhythm
British English and Singapore English are said to differ in rhythmic patterning. British English is commonly described as stress-timed, but Singapore English is claimed to be syllable-timed. In the present paper, we explore the acoustic nature of the suggested cross-varietal difference. In directly comparable samples from British English and Singapore English, two types of acoustic measurements were taken; we calculateda variability index reflect…
Pitch accent realization in four varieties of British English
A Contrastive Study of Prosody and Lexical Stress Placement in Singapore English and British English
It has been claimed that Singapore English and British English differ in stress placement: Singapore English speakers stress the final syllables of polysyllabic words such as flawlessly which are stressed initially in British English. Two considerations lead us to question the cross-varietal difference in stress placement. Firstly, we note that previous comparative studies have investigated stress differences in nuclear position. In this position…
Preaccentual Pitch and Speaker Attitude in Dutch
Native speaker reactions to high-pitched and low-pitched pronunciations of the unstressed syllables before the first pitch accent in an utterance—or high and low “preheads” respectively—show that their pragmatic effect depends on the initial pitch of the following pitch accent. The results were obtained in one specific conversational context, in which the intonation contours appeared on utterances that offered a solution to some problem, and with…
Pitch accent realization in English and German
Preparing a voice lineup
This paper will describe the preparation and implementation of a voice lineup or voice parade which formed part of the police investigation into a rape. The police supplied, as a sample of a suspect's voice, the statutory recording of a police interview with the suspect, and also speech samples from eight of their panel of volunteers for identity parades to act as ‘foils’. The task was to create a voice parade which would be fair to the suspect. …
Q uantitative Characterizations of Speech Rhythm
British English and Singapore English are said to differ in rhythmic patterning. British English is commonly described as stress-timed, but Singapore English is claimed to be syllable-timed. In the present paper, we explore the acoustic nature of the suggested cross-varietal difference. In directly comparable samples from British English and Singapore English, two types of acoustic measurements were taken; we calculateda variability index reflect…
Pitch accent realization in four varieties of British English
Pitch accent realization in English and German
Connecting Intonation Labels to Mathematical Descriptions of Fundamental Frequency
The mathematical models of intonation used in speech technology are often inaccessible to linguists. By the same token, phonological descriptions of intonation are rarely used by speech technologists, as they cannot be implemented directly in applications. Consequently, these research communities do not benefit much from each other's insights. In this paper, we explore the interface between the disciplines, in search of bridges between intonation…
Perception of English Intonation by English, Spanish, and Chinese Listeners
Native language affects the perception of segmental phonetic structure, of stress, and of semantic and pragmatic effects of intonation. Similarly, native language might influence the perception of similarities and differences among intonation contours. To test this hypothesis, a cross-language experiment was conducted. An English utterance was resynthesized with seven falling and four rising intonation contours. English, Iberian Spanish, and Chin…
A Contrastive Study of Prosody and Lexical Stress Placement in Singapore English and British English
It has been claimed that Singapore English and British English differ in stress placement: Singapore English speakers stress the final syllables of polysyllabic words such as flawlessly which are stressed initially in British English. Two considerations lead us to question the cross-varietal difference in stress placement. Firstly, we note that previous comparative studies have investigated stress differences in nuclear position. In this position…
Preaccentual Pitch and Speaker Attitude in Dutch
Native speaker reactions to high-pitched and low-pitched pronunciations of the unstressed syllables before the first pitch accent in an utterance—or high and low “preheads” respectively—show that their pragmatic effect depends on the initial pitch of the following pitch accent. The results were obtained in one specific conversational context, in which the intonation contours appeared on utterances that offered a solution to some problem, and with…
Preparing a voice lineup
This paper will describe the preparation and implementation of a voice lineup or voice parade which formed part of the police investigation into a rape. The police supplied, as a sample of a suspect's voice, the statutory recording of a police interview with the suspect, and also speech samples from eight of their panel of volunteers for identity parades to act as ‘foils’. The task was to create a voice parade which would be fair to the suspect. …
Preaccentual Pitch and Speaker Attitude in Dutch
Native speaker reactions to high-pitched and low-pitched pronunciations of the unstressed syllables before the first pitch accent in an utterance—or high and low “preheads” respectively—show that their pragmatic effect depends on the initial pitch of the following pitch accent. The results were obtained in one specific conversational context, in which the intonation contours appeared on utterances that offered a solution to some problem, and with…
Pitch accent realization in English and German
A Contrastive Study of Prosody and Lexical Stress Placement in Singapore English and British English
It has been claimed that Singapore English and British English differ in stress placement: Singapore English speakers stress the final syllables of polysyllabic words such as flawlessly which are stressed initially in British English. Two considerations lead us to question the cross-varietal difference in stress placement. Firstly, we note that previous comparative studies have investigated stress differences in nuclear position. In this position…
Q uantitative Characterizations of Speech Rhythm
British English and Singapore English are said to differ in rhythmic patterning. British English is commonly described as stress-timed, but Singapore English is claimed to be syllable-timed. In the present paper, we explore the acoustic nature of the suggested cross-varietal difference. In directly comparable samples from British English and Singapore English, two types of acoustic measurements were taken; we calculateda variability index reflect…
Pitch accent realization in four varieties of British English
Perception of English Intonation by English, Spanish, and Chinese Listeners
Native language affects the perception of segmental phonetic structure, of stress, and of semantic and pragmatic effects of intonation. Similarly, native language might influence the perception of similarities and differences among intonation contours. To test this hypothesis, a cross-language experiment was conducted. An English utterance was resynthesized with seven falling and four rising intonation contours. English, Iberian Spanish, and Chin…
Loudness predicts prominence
We explored a database covering seven dialects of British and Irish English and three different styles of speech to find acoustic correlates of prominence. We built classifiers, trained the classifiers on human prominence/nonprominence judgments, and then evaluated how well they behaved. The classifiers operate on 452 ms windows centered on syllables, using different acoustic measures. By comparing the performance of classifiers based on differen…
Connecting Intonation Labels to Mathematical Descriptions of Fundamental Frequency
The mathematical models of intonation used in speech technology are often inaccessible to linguists. By the same token, phonological descriptions of intonation are rarely used by speech technologists, as they cannot be implemented directly in applications. Consequently, these research communities do not benefit much from each other's insights. In this paper, we explore the interface between the disciplines, in search of bridges between intonation…
Linguistics (8 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (8 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Speech recognition (5 works) · Intonation (linguistics (4 works) · Physics (4 works) · Prosody (4 works) · Stress (linguistics (4 works)