岐阜市立女子短期大学研究紀要第54輯（平成17年3月）
抄録
Vocal expressions of paralinguistic information (mental attitude) as seen from a
cross-cultural point of view
| ドナ・エリクソン |
| Donna ERICKSON |
Abstract
This paper summarizes some previous studies by this author in order to highlight the importance of intonation and voice quality to the understanding of utterance meaning. Specifically, it points out how cultural misunderstandings may take place because of the different sensitivities of different language speakers to pitch shape and voice quality changes, especially in conveying paralinguistic information such as admiration, suspicion, and sarcasm
Key words : vocal expressions, paralinguistic information, perception, intonation, voice quality