Comparing non-verbal vocalisations in conversational speech corpora

Jürgen Trouvain; Khiet Phuong Truong

Comparing non-verbal vocalisations in conversational speech corpora

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Abstract

Conversations do not only consist of spoken words but they also consist of non-verbal vocalisations. Since there is no standard to define and to classify (possible) non-speech sounds the annotations for these vocalisations differ very much for various corpora of conversational speech. There seems to be agreement in the six inspected corpora that hesitation sounds and feedback vocalisations are considered as words (without a standard orthography). The most frequent non-verbal vocalisation are laughter on the one hand and, if considered a vocal sound, breathing noises on the other.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012)
Editors	L. Devillers, B. Schuller, A. Batliner, P. Rosso, E. Douglas-Cowie, R. Cowie, C. Pelachaud
Place of Publication	Paris, France
Publisher	European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
Pages	36-39
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	not assigned
Publication status	Published - May 2012
Event	4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012) - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 26 May 2012 → 26 May 2012

Publication series

Name
Publisher	European Language Resources Association (ELRA)

Workshop

Workshop	4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012)
Period	26/05/12 → 26/05/12
Other	26 May 2012

Keywords

IR-80906
METIS-287941
conversational speech corpora
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/231287
non-verbal vocalisations
EWI-22077
paralinguistics

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http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2012/workshops/18.Proceedings%20ES3%202012.pdf

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Trouvain, J., & Truong, K. P. (2012). Comparing non-verbal vocalisations in conversational speech corpora. In L. Devillers, B. Schuller, A. Batliner, P. Rosso, E. Douglas-Cowie, R. Cowie, & C. Pelachaud (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012) (pp. 36-39). European Language Resources Association (ELRA). http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2012/workshops/18.Proceedings%20ES3%202012.pdf

Trouvain, Jürgen ; Truong, Khiet Phuong. / Comparing non-verbal vocalisations in conversational speech corpora. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012). editor / L. Devillers ; B. Schuller ; A. Batliner ; P. Rosso ; E. Douglas-Cowie ; R. Cowie ; C. Pelachaud. Paris, France : European Language Resources Association (ELRA), 2012. pp. 36-39

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Trouvain, J & Truong, KP 2012, Comparing non-verbal vocalisations in conversational speech corpora. in L Devillers, B Schuller, A Batliner, P Rosso, E Douglas-Cowie, R Cowie & C Pelachaud (eds), Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012). European Language Resources Association (ELRA), Paris, France, pp. 36-39, 4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012), 26/05/12. <http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2012/workshops/18.Proceedings%20ES3%202012.pdf>

Comparing non-verbal vocalisations in conversational speech corpora. / Trouvain, Jürgen; Truong, Khiet Phuong.
Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012). ed. / L. Devillers; B. Schuller; A. Batliner; P. Rosso; E. Douglas-Cowie; R. Cowie; C. Pelachaud. Paris, France: European Language Resources Association (ELRA), 2012. p. 36-39.

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Trouvain J, Truong KP. Comparing non-verbal vocalisations in conversational speech corpora. In Devillers L, Schuller B, Batliner A, Rosso P, Douglas-Cowie E, Cowie R, Pelachaud C, editors, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion Sentiment and Social Signals (ES3 2012). Paris, France: European Language Resources Association (ELRA). 2012. p. 36-39