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Chapter 13. Tonal annotation

Stylization of complex melodic contours over arbitrary linguistic units
  • Nicolas Obin , Julie Belião and Anne Lacheret-Dujour
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Abstract

This chapter presents SLAM, an algorithm for the automatic stylization and labelling of melodic contours, developed to process intonation in Rhapsodie. This algorithm has three basic specificities. First, the alphabet of melodic contours is directly derived from the speech signal. Second, complex melodic contours are described though a simple time-frequency representation. Third, melodic contours can be described over various linguistic segments that can be specified by the user; in other words, the tonal descriptions provided by the system can be used to present the intonation of segments of any size, larger than the syllable and of any type: prosodic, syntactic, and informational. Additionally, the system handles some specificities of spontaneous speech, such as speech turns and speech overlaps.

Abstract

This chapter presents SLAM, an algorithm for the automatic stylization and labelling of melodic contours, developed to process intonation in Rhapsodie. This algorithm has three basic specificities. First, the alphabet of melodic contours is directly derived from the speech signal. Second, complex melodic contours are described though a simple time-frequency representation. Third, melodic contours can be described over various linguistic segments that can be specified by the user; in other words, the tonal descriptions provided by the system can be used to present the intonation of segments of any size, larger than the syllable and of any type: prosodic, syntactic, and informational. Additionally, the system handles some specificities of spontaneous speech, such as speech turns and speech overlaps.

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.89.14obi

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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