Centre for Language and Communication Studies: Recent submissions
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Modelling intonation in three Irish dialects
(2003)This paper provides a preliminary account of features of the intonation structure of three Irish dialects, Donegal (Ulster Irish), Mayo, and Aran Islands, using the IViE system [1, 2]. The sentence types examined were ... -
Analysing Irish Prosody: a dual linguistic/quantitative approach
(2004)A project of Irish prosody is described which attempts to provide not only the basis for a linguistic description of the prosody of Irish dialects, but also the prerequisite quantitative characterization that is needed ... -
Voice quality and f0 in prosody: towards a holistic account
(2004)This paper presents a discussion of the role of voice quality in prosody. Illustrations from past production and perception data by the authors indicate that source parameters other than f0 are an inherent part of ... -
Voice quality and f0 cues for affect expression: implications for synthesis
(2005)Synthesised stimuli were used to investigate how two notionally separable dimensions of tone-of-voice ? voice quality and fundamental frequency ? are involved in the expression of affect. Listeners were presented with ... -
Speech Technology for Minority Languages: the Case of Irish (Gaelic)
(2006)Abstract?Unit selection is a data-driven approach to speech synthesis that concatenates pieces of recorded speech from a large database in order to create novel sentences. Many corpora are available in the English ... -
Peak timing in two dialects of Connaught Irish
(2005)A comparison of the peak location in nuclear and initial prenuclear accents was carried out for two closely related dialects of Connaught Irish: Cois Fharraige and Inis Oirr. This was done across conditions where the number ... -
Nuclear accents in four Irish (Gaelic) dialects
(2007)In this paper the distribution of nuclear accents in declaratives of four major dialects of Irish is described. The findings show considerable variation, particular between northern and southern dialects. Speakers of ... -
Analysis of intonation contours in portrayed emotions using the Fujisaki model
(2007)This paper presents an analysis of f0 contours in portrayed emotions, using the Fujisaki model. The focus is on quantifying the f0 differences among the six emotions investigated (surprised, bored, neutral, angry, happy, ... -
Voice quality and loudness in affect perception
(2008)Different voice qualities tend to vary in terms of their intrinsic loudness. Perceptual experiments have shown that voice quality variation can be strongly associated with the affective colouring of an utterance. The ... -
Creating an ongoing research capability in speech technology for two minority languages: experiences from the WISPR project
(2005)This paper reports on efforts to set up a research capability in speech technology for two minority languages (Welsh and Irish), where the focus is on ensuring that this capability will outlive the project that provided ... -
Cross-Dialect Irish Prosody: Linguistic Constraints on Fujisaki Modelling
(2008)We describe here our approach to quantifying cross-dialect differences in Irish Gaelic, using the Fujisaki model. The basic principle is that the way in which the modelling is carried out respects a parallel linguistic ... -
Mapping Voice to Affect: Japanese listeners
(ISCA, 2006)This paper reports the results of perception tests administered to speakers of Japanese as part of a cross-language investigation of how voice quality and f0 combine in the signalling of affect. Three types of synthesised ... -
Dialect alignment signatures
(ISCA, 2006)This paper considers the hypothesis that dialects may have characteristic patterns in the alignment of the melodic contour with the segmental or syllabic tiers. Peak alignment was measured in initial prenuclear accented ... -
Tonal alignment in three varieties of Hiberno-English
(ISCA, 2009)This pilot study investigates the tonal alignment of pre-nuclear (PN) and nuclear (N) accents in three Hiberno-English (HE) regional varieties: Dublin, Drogheda, and Donegal English. The peak alignment is investigated ... -
Multilingualism in Dublin: Home Language Use Among Primary School Children, Report on a Pilot Survey
(2010)Travellers who arrive at Dublin airport from abroad easily receive the impression that they have arrived in a bilingual country. However, whilst both English and Irish appear on official signage, the languages they ... -
Development of a Moodle VLE Plug-in to Support Simultaneous Visualisation of a Collection of Multi-Media Sign Language Objects
(2010)Using Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) to support blended learning is very common in educational institutes. Delivering learning material in a flexible and semi-structured manner to the learner transforms such systems ... -
Three Leaps of Faith and Four Giant Steps: Developing Interpreter Training in Ireland
(2008)This chapter documents the relatively recent introduction and development of interpreter training in Ireland. The first interpreters graduated with a Diploma in ISL/English Interpreting in 1994, and interpreter training ... -
Digital Deployment of the Signs of Ireland Corpus in Elearning
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SIGNALL: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON DELIVERING DEAF STUDIES
(International Association of Technology, Education and Development, 2009)This paper presents interim outcomes of a European Commission funded project which brings together industry, academics and practitioners in an innovative project to create an international forum of learning through a ... -
Quantum Leaps for Deaf Studies in Ireland
(2009)The Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, is delighted to announce the launch of a NEW four year Bachelor in Deaf Studies Programme. This full-time programme leads to a level 8 qualification in the National ...
