Chapter 10. Segmentation into intonational periods
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Anne Lacheret-Dujour
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the processing of the major prosodic unit, called intonational period, in Rhapsodie. We explain why the grammatical concept of sentence cannot be taken as a reference for the segmentation of unelicited speech into major prosodic units. Rather we show that in order to segment an utterance into major prosodic units in the context of an emergent data-driven approach, it is necessary to highlight accurate acoustic cues that produce perceptual effects of demarcation between two units. First, we present the Analor model developed to segment discourse into intonational periods, in particular the different parameters selected for segmentation, and how they interact. Second, we illustrate the choices made to process fillers, disfluencies, and also to resolve problems of segmentation derived from overlaps and backchannels in dialogic samples.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the processing of the major prosodic unit, called intonational period, in Rhapsodie. We explain why the grammatical concept of sentence cannot be taken as a reference for the segmentation of unelicited speech into major prosodic units. Rather we show that in order to segment an utterance into major prosodic units in the context of an emergent data-driven approach, it is necessary to highlight accurate acoustic cues that produce perceptual effects of demarcation between two units. First, we present the Analor model developed to segment discourse into intonational periods, in particular the different parameters selected for segmentation, and how they interact. Second, we illustrate the choices made to process fillers, disfluencies, and also to resolve problems of segmentation derived from overlaps and backchannels in dialogic samples.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Collecting data for the Rhapsodie treebank 7
- Chapter 2. Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of Rhapsodie recording 21
- Chapter 3. Syntactic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 35
- Chapter 4. Microsyntactic annotation 49
- Chapter 5. The annotation of list structures 69
- Chapter 6. Macrosyntactic annotation 97
- Chapter 7. Annotation tools for syntax 127
- Chapter 8. Prosodic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 147
- Chapter 9. The annotation of syllabic prominences and disfluencies 157
- Chapter 10. Segmentation into intonational periods 175
- Chapter 11. Derivation of the prosodic structure 213
- Chapter 12. From pitch stylization to automatic tonal annotation of speech corpora 233
- Chapter 13. Tonal annotation 251
- Chapter 14. Tools for fundamental frequency estimation in Rhapsodie 261
- Chapter 15. Exploration of the Rhapsodie corpus 271
- Chapter 16. Macrosyntax at work 285
- Chapter 17. The distribution of prosodic features in the Rhapsodie corpus 315
- Chapter 18. Syntax and prosody mapping: What and how? 339
- Chapter 19. Conclusion 365
- References 369
- Subject index 393
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Collecting data for the Rhapsodie treebank 7
- Chapter 2. Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of Rhapsodie recording 21
- Chapter 3. Syntactic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 35
- Chapter 4. Microsyntactic annotation 49
- Chapter 5. The annotation of list structures 69
- Chapter 6. Macrosyntactic annotation 97
- Chapter 7. Annotation tools for syntax 127
- Chapter 8. Prosodic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 147
- Chapter 9. The annotation of syllabic prominences and disfluencies 157
- Chapter 10. Segmentation into intonational periods 175
- Chapter 11. Derivation of the prosodic structure 213
- Chapter 12. From pitch stylization to automatic tonal annotation of speech corpora 233
- Chapter 13. Tonal annotation 251
- Chapter 14. Tools for fundamental frequency estimation in Rhapsodie 261
- Chapter 15. Exploration of the Rhapsodie corpus 271
- Chapter 16. Macrosyntax at work 285
- Chapter 17. The distribution of prosodic features in the Rhapsodie corpus 315
- Chapter 18. Syntax and prosody mapping: What and how? 339
- Chapter 19. Conclusion 365
- References 369
- Subject index 393