Evidence for the independent function of intonation contour type, voice quality, and F0 range in signaling speaker affect

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Listeners judged the affect conveyed by short recorded utterances in which the voice quality, intonation contour type and fundamental frequency [FF] range were systematically and independently manipulated. (Contour and range were manipulated using digital resynthesis of naturally spoken utterances.) Range and contour, and less clearly range and voice quality, had independent effects on the way the utterances were judged. These differences are independent of effects due to interspeaker differences and to differences of verbal content. Differences of FF range, as is commonly assumed, have continuous rather than categorical effects on affective judgments.

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