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Prosodic clustering in speech: From emotional to semantic processes

Abstract

Although vocal expressivity is a major component of human communication, it has not been a major topic in linguistics in the 20th century. The situation is radically different now with the worldwide development of many scientific programs focusing on the vocal expression of emotions. In most of the studies, however, the vocal encoding of emotions is processed according to perceptual and/or acoustic correlates only. The goal of this paper is to show the contribution of a unified approach based on the combination of prosodic cues and syntactico-semantic constraints for a global understanding of the different linguistic mechanisms involved in the expression of emotion in speech.

Abstract

Although vocal expressivity is a major component of human communication, it has not been a major topic in linguistics in the 20th century. The situation is radically different now with the worldwide development of many scientific programs focusing on the vocal expression of emotions. In most of the studies, however, the vocal encoding of emotions is processed according to perceptual and/or acoustic correlates only. The goal of this paper is to show the contribution of a unified approach based on the combination of prosodic cues and syntactico-semantic constraints for a global understanding of the different linguistic mechanisms involved in the expression of emotion in speech.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. Theory
  5. The developmental psychology and neuropsychology of emotion in language 3
  6. Primal emotions and cultural evolution of language: 27
  7. Emotion on board 49
  8. The origins of emotion and language from the perspective of developmental neuropsychology 69
  9. Language and emotion in Merleau-Ponty 99
  10. Enkinaesthetic polyphony: 113
  11. Emotion in language 135
  12. Language and emotion 157
  13. Prosodic clustering in speech: From emotional to semantic processes 175
  14. Embodied language and the process of language learning and teaching 191
  15. Research
  16. Research on the relationship between language and emotion - A descriptive overview 211
  17. Word valence and its effects 241
  18. The occurrence of idioms in the emotion lexicon of children 257
  19. "Without language, everything is chaos and confusion ..." 273
  20. Giving horror a name 289
  21. Mediated emotions 305
  22. Silences as a linguistic strategy Remarks on the role of the unsaid in romantic relationships on the internet 325
  23. Application
  24. Gradients of plasticity 343
  25. Mood, aphasia, and affective language comprehension 367
  26. What words can’t tell: 399
  27. Affective and internal state language in high-functioning autism 421
  28. Epilogue 445
  29. Index 453
Emotion in Language
This chapter is in the book Emotion in Language
https://doi.org/10.1075/ceb.10.09lac

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. Theory
  5. The developmental psychology and neuropsychology of emotion in language 3
  6. Primal emotions and cultural evolution of language: 27
  7. Emotion on board 49
  8. The origins of emotion and language from the perspective of developmental neuropsychology 69
  9. Language and emotion in Merleau-Ponty 99
  10. Enkinaesthetic polyphony: 113
  11. Emotion in language 135
  12. Language and emotion 157
  13. Prosodic clustering in speech: From emotional to semantic processes 175
  14. Embodied language and the process of language learning and teaching 191
  15. Research
  16. Research on the relationship between language and emotion - A descriptive overview 211
  17. Word valence and its effects 241
  18. The occurrence of idioms in the emotion lexicon of children 257
  19. "Without language, everything is chaos and confusion ..." 273
  20. Giving horror a name 289
  21. Mediated emotions 305
  22. Silences as a linguistic strategy Remarks on the role of the unsaid in romantic relationships on the internet 325
  23. Application
  24. Gradients of plasticity 343
  25. Mood, aphasia, and affective language comprehension 367
  26. What words can’t tell: 399
  27. Affective and internal state language in high-functioning autism 421
  28. Epilogue 445
  29. Index 453
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