The role of nuclear and extra-nuclear contours in the perception of expressivity in Czech

Abstrakt

The paper investigates the role of nuclear and extranuclear intonation in the perception of expressivity, using short spontaneous utterances a) in their natural form; b) with the nucleus replaced by a canonical, neutral contour.

Klíčová slova

• nuclear
• extra-nuclear
• contours
• perception
• expressivity
• Czech