LINGUIST List 16.832
Fri Mar 18 2005
Qs: Perception of Uptalk
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1. Mark
S. Seidenberg,
Perception of Uptalk
Message 1: Perception of Uptalk
Date: 16-Mar-2005
From: Mark S. Seidenberg <seidenbergwisc.edu>
Subject: Perception of Uptalk
I'm familiar with basic facts about uptalk intonation, declarative
sentences spoken with question intonation.
Can anyone point me to research on how such intonation affects the
listener's perception of the speaker? Things like their intelligence,
assertiveness, confidence, etc.?
I am teaching undergraduates for the first time in 15 years and to my ear
the rising intonation makes them sound tentative and insecure. But that's
only an impression not data, and they may not sound that way to each other.
Where are the empirical studies?
Thanks.
Mark S. Seidenberg
Donald O. Hebb Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
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