Acoustic and perceptual analyses of politeness in Japanese speech

In order to examine potential acoustic cues for politeness in Japanese speech, fO and temporal aspects of polite and casual utterances of two question sentences spoken by six male native speakers were acoustically analysed. The analysis showed that fO movement of the final part of utterances and spe...

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Main Author: Ofuka, Etsuko
Other Authors: Roach, P. ; McKeown, D. ; Waterman, M.
Published: University of Leeds 1996
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.515752