Prosody and Humor
Salvatore Attardo, Lucy Pickering, and Amanda Baker Table 3
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Table 3. Comparison of humorous vs. serious turns, pitch and volume Carmen Marina Both speakers Humor Average of Hz 214 205.28 209.64 Average of Db 64.33 70.42 67.37 Serious Average of Hz 216.49 204.60 210.54 Average of Db 66.94 69.78 68.36 Total Average of Hz 215.24 204.94 210.09 Total Average of Db 65.63 70.1 67.86 Table 4. Pitch and Volume results, across genres of humor. Speaker Type of humor Carmen Marina Both speakers irony Average of Hz 227 175 201 Average of Db 62 68 65 jab Average of Hz 213.25 199.66 206.455 Average of Db 64.25 73.33 68.79 punch line Average of Hz 204 162 183 Average of Db 67 72 69.5 support Average of Hz 0 250.5 250.5 Average of Db 0 66.5 66.5 Total Average of Hz 214.75 196.79 205.77 Total Average of Db 64.42 69.95 67.19 3.4 Volume The present data (Table 3/4, decibel data) show that punch lines were produced at a slightly higher volume: we find that the humorous turns are produced on average 0.99 dB higher than serious turns. The difference is insignificant. We did however find a difference between the speakers’ serious turns, which differ on average by 3 dB; to put it differently, Marina speaks a little louder than Carmen, but only when they are not being funny. No significant differences were found among types of humor, even after separating the two speakers’ data. 3.5 The canned jokes’ performance The next step in our analysis is to check whether Carmen and Marina differ from the joke tellers in Pickering et al. (2009). We can briefly summarize the results Prosodic and multimodal markers of humor in conversation 47 from Pickering et al. (2009) that are relevant to the present study. Using a sample of ten speakers each performing two jokes, one provided to the participants and one improvised by them, we found that – Punch lines were significantly lower in pitch than the set-up of the joke (we confirmed this finding using semitone data rather than raw F0 measurements; on average punch lines were 1.73 semitones lower than the setup). – Punch lines were produced at slightly higher amplitude which was on av- erage 0.2 dB higher in volume; however the difference was not statistically significant. – Punch lines were not preceded by significant pauses; in fact, 15 jokes (75% of the texts) did not have a significant pause before the punch line. – Speakers tended to deliver the punch line of the joke at a significantly slower rate than the set-up in both types of jokes. – 60% of jokes had either laughter or smiling voice or both, in the punch line. tải về 1.21 Mb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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