Emotional Expression in "Pikachuu"(<Feature Articles>Emotion in Speech)

A primary purpose of this study was to examine the difference in identification by Japanese and English listeners of vocally-expressed emotions (happy, sad, angry, and neutral) on the utterance "pikachuu" as generated by Japanese and American children. Both sets of listeners identified the...

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Published inJournal of the Phonetic Society of Japan Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 77 - 84
Main Authors SAKURABA, Kyoko, IMAIZUMI, Satoshi, KAKEHI, Kazuhiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Tokyo The Phonetic Society of Japan 30.04.2004
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
American English
Children
Emotions
Fundamental frequency
Japanese language
Syllables
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Summary:A primary purpose of this study was to examine the difference in identification by Japanese and English listeners of vocally-expressed emotions (happy, sad, angry, and neutral) on the utterance "pikachuu" as generated by Japanese and American children. Both sets of listeners identified the emotions uttered by Japanese children better than those by American children, but the difference was not significant. A second purpose of the study was to examine the acoustic differences between the Japanese and American English children's productions of 'pikachuu.' The results showed that in expression of emotions, the dynamic range of F0 was similar in the two languages; however, the length of syllables varied, reflecting language-specific characteristics.
ISSN:1342-8675
2189-5961
DOI:10.24467/onseikenkyu.8.1_77