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The distribution of pitch patterns and communicative types in speech chunks preceding pauses and gaps
(2014)As part of a broader study of voice prosody in speech communication, this paper looks at intonation in turn-taking. It examines the distribution of pitch patterns and communicative types in the interpausal units (IPUs) ... -
The Envoys of Phywa to Dmu (PT 126)
(2021)New are the texts which offer a glimpse into Tibet’s religious traditions as they existed before the adoption of Buddhism as the state religion in 762. With the exception of stone inscriptions the earliest extant ... -
Establishing Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP) normative data for young adults in Ireland: the impact of gender, speech task and recording conditions
(2023)Background: Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP) is currently recommended as a robust measure of dysphonia in clinical voice assessment (Patel et al., 2018). Its use in clinic is limited due to its relative conceptual ... -
Evaluation of the Signing Information Mid-West Project
(PAUL Partnership, Limerick, 2008)This report centres on the review of the Irish Sign Language/English interpreting services provided in the Mid-West via the “Signing Information Mid-West” service. This was established under the aegis of Enhancing Disability ... -
The Evidence for Chinese *-r
(2016)In 1989 Starostin proposed that Old Chinese had a final *-r that later changed to -n (and sometimes -j). Baxter & Sagart subsequently incorporated Starostin’s proposal in their 2014 Old Chinese reconstructions. This essay ... -
Exploiting time and frequency domain measures for precise voice source parameterisation
(2012)Much of our research has focused on the role of the voice source in the prosody of spoken language, including its linguis- tic and expressive dimensions. However, as automatic methods, both for deriving the voice source ... -
An exploration of voice source correlates of focus
(2010)This pilot study explores how the voice source parameters vary in focally accented syllables. It examines the dynamics of the voice source parameters in an all-voiced short declarative utterance in which the focus placement ... -
Exploring the Prosody of Affective Speech
(2022)This paper introduces a research project on voice quality and affect expression. It explores affective prosody by investigating the relationship between voice source parameter changes and perceived affect. Firstly, it ... -
Gender in Irish between continuity and change
(2011)The gender system of Irish appears to have undergone a process of simplification: traditionally depending on both formal and semantic assignment rules, agreement in contemporary spoken Irish is still rather conservative ... -
Global waveshape parameter Rd in signaling focal prominence: Perceptual salience in the absence of f0 variation
(2022)This paper explores perceptual salience of voice source parameter manipulation in signaling prominence in the absence of f0 variation. Synthetic stimuli were generated based on an inverse filtered all-voiced utterance “We ... -
GlóRí - the Glottal Research Instrument
(2014)This papers presents GlóRí - the glottal research instrument. GlóRí is a speech analysis interface which offers a flexibility and multiplicity of approaches to voice analysis. The system allows for fully automatic ... -
GlóRí - the glottal research instrument
(2014)This papers presents GlóRí - the glottal research instrument. GlóRí is a speech analysis interface which offers a flexibility and multiplicity of approaches to voice analysis. The system allows for fully automatic processing, ... -
Hands in Motion: Learning to Fingerspell in Irish Sign Language (ISL)
(2020)Irish Sign Language uses a one-handed alphabet in which each fingerspelled letter has a unique combination of handshape, orientation, and, in a few cases, path movement. Each letter is used to represent ...