16.832, Qs: Perception of Uptalk

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Subject: 16.832, Qs: Perception of Uptalk

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Date: 16-Mar-2005
From: Mark S. Seidenberg < seidenberg at wisc.edu >
Subject: Perception of Uptalk

	
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:50:08
From: Mark S. Seidenberg < seidenberg at wisc.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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