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Yuasa, Ikuko.

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Politeness, emotion, and gender: A sociophonetic study of voice pitch modulation.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Politeness, emotion, and gender: A sociophonetic study of voice pitch modulation./
Author:	Yuasa, Ikuko.
Description:	136 p.
Notes:	Chair: Yoko Hasegawa.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-03A.
Subject:	Language, Linguistics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3044749
ISBN:	9780493586489

Politeness, emotion, and gender: A sociophonetic study of voice pitch modulation.
Yuasa, Ikuko.

Politeness, emotion, and gender: A sociophonetic study of voice pitch modulation. - 136 p.

Chair: Yoko Hasegawa.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2001.

The present dissertation is a cross-gender and cross-cultural sociophonetic exploration of voice pitch characteristics utilizing speech data derived from Japanese and American speakers in natural conversations. The roles of voice pitch modulation in terms of the concepts of politeness and emotion as they pertain to culture and gender will be investigated herein. The research interprets the significance of my findings based on the acoustic measurements of speech data as they are presented in the ERB-rate scale (the most appropriate scale for human speech perception).

ISBN: 9780493586489Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018079
Language, Linguistics.

Politeness, emotion, and gender: A sociophonetic study of voice pitch modulation.
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500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-03, Section: A, page: 0925.
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520 $a The present dissertation is a cross-gender and cross-cultural sociophonetic exploration of voice pitch characteristics utilizing speech data derived from Japanese and American speakers in natural conversations. The roles of voice pitch modulation in terms of the concepts of politeness and emotion as they pertain to culture and gender will be investigated herein. The research interprets the significance of my findings based on the acoustic measurements of speech data as they are presented in the ERB-rate scale (the most appropriate scale for human speech perception).
520 $a The investigation reveals that pitch range modulation displayed by Japanese informants in two types of conversations is closely linked to types of politeness adopted by those informants. The degree of the informants' emotional involvement and expressions reflected in differing pitch range widths plays an important role in determining the relationship between pitch range modulation and politeness. The study further correlates the Japanese cultural concept of enryo ("self-restraint") with this phenomenon.
520 $a When median values were examined, male and female pitch ranges across cultures did not conspicuously differ. However, sporadically occurring women's pitch characteristics which culturally differ in width and height of pitch ranges may create an 'emotional' perception of women's speech style. The salience of these pitch characteristics appears to be the source of the stereotypically linked sound of women's speech being identified as 'swoopy' or 'shrill' and thus 'emotional'.
520 $a Such women's salient voice characteristics are interpreted in light of camaraderie/positive politeness. Women's use of conspicuous paralinguistic features helps to create an atmosphere of camaraderie. These voice pitch characteristics promote the establishment of a sense of camaraderie since they act to emphasize such feelings as concern, support, and comfort towards addressees, Moreover, men's wide pitch ranges are discussed in view of politeness (rather than gender). Japanese men's use of wide pitch ranges during conversations with familiar interlocutors demonstrate the extent to which male speakers can increase their pitch ranges if there is an authentic socio-cultural inspiration (other than a gender-related one) to do so. The findings suggest the necessity of interpreting research data in consideration of how the notion of gender interacts with other socio-cultural behavioral norms.
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