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Chapter 9. The annotation of syllabic prominences and disfluencies

  • Mathieu Avanzi , Guri Steien , Anne Lacheret-Dujour , Nicolas Obin and Jérémi Sauvage-Vincent
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Rhapsodie
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Abstract

This chapter presents the methodology developed to capture syllabic prominences and prosodic disfluencies in the speech flow. Then it describes the protocol used for the 3-point scale labeling of prominences and disfluencies, the choice of annotators, from semi-naive to experts, the inter-annotator reliability and the generation of the final annotation. This step is crucial in the Rhapsodie project, since the annotation of prominences and disfluencies is the cornerstone for the derivation of the internal constituents of the prosodic tree, from the metrical foot to the intonation package. The training and instructions given to the coders should therefore be exhaustive, especially since without a protocol, the annotation is subjective and depends on many acoustic and grammatical cues, which vary according to the competence of each annotator.

Abstract

This chapter presents the methodology developed to capture syllabic prominences and prosodic disfluencies in the speech flow. Then it describes the protocol used for the 3-point scale labeling of prominences and disfluencies, the choice of annotators, from semi-naive to experts, the inter-annotator reliability and the generation of the final annotation. This step is crucial in the Rhapsodie project, since the annotation of prominences and disfluencies is the cornerstone for the derivation of the internal constituents of the prosodic tree, from the metrical foot to the intonation package. The training and instructions given to the coders should therefore be exhaustive, especially since without a protocol, the annotation is subjective and depends on many acoustic and grammatical cues, which vary according to the competence of each annotator.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Collecting data for the Rhapsodie treebank 7
  7. Chapter 2. Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of Rhapsodie recording 21
  8. Chapter 3. Syntactic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 35
  9. Chapter 4. Microsyntactic annotation 49
  10. Chapter 5. The annotation of list structures 69
  11. Chapter 6. Macrosyntactic annotation 97
  12. Chapter 7. Annotation tools for syntax 127
  13. Chapter 8. Prosodic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 147
  14. Chapter 9. The annotation of syllabic prominences and disfluencies 157
  15. Chapter 10. Segmentation into intonational periods 175
  16. Chapter 11. Derivation of the prosodic structure 213
  17. Chapter 12. From pitch stylization to automatic tonal annotation of speech corpora 233
  18. Chapter 13. Tonal annotation 251
  19. Chapter 14. Tools for fundamental frequency estimation in Rhapsodie 261
  20. Chapter 15. Exploration of the Rhapsodie corpus 271
  21. Chapter 16. Macrosyntax at work 285
  22. Chapter 17. The distribution of prosodic features in the Rhapsodie corpus 315
  23. Chapter 18. Syntax and prosody mapping: What and how? 339
  24. Chapter 19. Conclusion 365
  25. References 369
  26. Subject index 393
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.89.10ava

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Collecting data for the Rhapsodie treebank 7
  7. Chapter 2. Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of Rhapsodie recording 21
  8. Chapter 3. Syntactic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 35
  9. Chapter 4. Microsyntactic annotation 49
  10. Chapter 5. The annotation of list structures 69
  11. Chapter 6. Macrosyntactic annotation 97
  12. Chapter 7. Annotation tools for syntax 127
  13. Chapter 8. Prosodic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 147
  14. Chapter 9. The annotation of syllabic prominences and disfluencies 157
  15. Chapter 10. Segmentation into intonational periods 175
  16. Chapter 11. Derivation of the prosodic structure 213
  17. Chapter 12. From pitch stylization to automatic tonal annotation of speech corpora 233
  18. Chapter 13. Tonal annotation 251
  19. Chapter 14. Tools for fundamental frequency estimation in Rhapsodie 261
  20. Chapter 15. Exploration of the Rhapsodie corpus 271
  21. Chapter 16. Macrosyntax at work 285
  22. Chapter 17. The distribution of prosodic features in the Rhapsodie corpus 315
  23. Chapter 18. Syntax and prosody mapping: What and how? 339
  24. Chapter 19. Conclusion 365
  25. References 369
  26. Subject index 393
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