Speech a La Mode
Prosodic Cues, Message Interpretation, and Impression Formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11444672 |
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| Authors | J Francis (0000-0001-5784-8895, corresponding author), Roger Wales (The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-44 |
| Publication date | 1994-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0261927x94131003 |
| OpenAlex | W2013139517 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Forty sentences, each containing one of five modal auxiliaries (must, should, can, would, and might), were recorded by four speakers (two males, two females), using three patterns of emphatic stress (stress on modal, stress on main verb, and no stress). For each sentence, respondents (N = 55) were asked to judge the degree of certainty and the degree of obligation being communicated. Judgments were found to differ according to modal used; stress pattern used, with stress on the main verb resulting in higher certainty and obligation ratings for most modals; and sex of the respondent, with females expressing stronger judgments than males. Respondents listened to the recordings in four blocks. Each block comprised 10 sentences uttered by one speaker. After listening to each speaker, respondents rated that speaker on an impression scale. Male respondents rated male speakers higher than female speakers on assertiveness. There was some indication that, when speakers employed a medium pitch range across the utterance, certainty and obligation ratings were higher and impression ratings were more favourable, than when a wide pitch range was used. Results were seen to support the interpersonal functional component of language
Active listening · Certainty · Interpersonal communication · Linguistics · Obligation · Respondent · Sentence · Stress (linguistics · Verb · Communication · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Complexity, extremity, and affect in male and female judgments 1
Paralanguage and the Interpersonal Impact of Dysphoria
Vocally cued personality prototypes
Male/female language differences and attributional consequences in a public speaking situation
The gender-linked language effect in primary and secondary students' impromptu essays
Stereotyping based on apparently individuating information
Powerful Versus Powerless Language
Are women prejudiced against women
The contribution of studies of source credibility to a theory of interpersonal trust in the communication process
Predicting Impressions of Speakers from Voice Quality
| Highly cited | No |
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