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  1. 1. Estimation of Speaker Age : Effects of Speech Properties and Speech Material

    Författare :Sara Skoog Waller; Mårten Eriksson; Billy Jansson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Age estimation; Voice perception; Speech properties; Speech rate; Vocal disguise; Age disguise; Accuracy; Confidence; Spontaneous speech;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate factors related to accuracy in estimation of speaker age and the role of certain speech properties in perception and manipulation of speaker age, as well as their interaction with the speech material that the age estimates were based on. This thesis consists of three studies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Perception, Analysis and Synthesis of Speaker Age

    Författare :Susanne Schötz; Fonetik; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; phonology; perceptual cues; speaker age; automatic speaker recognition; acoustic analysis; acoustic correlates; data-driven; Phonetics; formant synthesis; Fonetik; fonologi; Technological sciences; Teknik;

    Sammanfattning : Speaker age is an important paralinguistic feature in speech which has to be considered in the study of phonetic variation. Knowledge about this feature may be used to improve speech technology applications, e.g. automatic speech recognition and speech synthesis. LÄS MER

  4. 3. That voice sounds familiar : factors in speaker recognition

    Författare :Erik J. Eriksson; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Christopher Darwin; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; speaker recognition; accent; emotions; hearing; spectral moments; formant transitions; dialect; Cognitive science; Kognitionsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Humans have the ability to recognize other humans by voice alone. This is important both socially and for the robustness of speech perception. This Thesis contains a set of eight studies that investigates how different factors impact on speaker recognition and how these factors can help explain how listeners perceive and evaluate speaker identity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Fritidshemmets (mellan)mål och mening : Positioneringar i kollegialt samtalande mellan fritidshemspersonal

    Författare :Sanna Hedrén; Jan Gustafsson Nyckel; Elin Almér; Björn Haglund; Högskolan Väst; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School-Age Educare; Teacher talk; Meaning-making; Positioning; Fritidshem; Kollegiala samtal; Meningsskapande; Positionering; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

    Sammanfattning : IntroduktionDen här avhandlingen handlar om hur fritidshemspersonal skapar mening i kollegiala samtal. Fritidshemsarbete är organiserat som ett lagarbete där interaktioner och samarbete mellan kollegor utgör väsentliga delar av arbetet. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Verbal abuse in school : constructing gender and age in social interaction

    Författare :Miriam A Eliasson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :verbal abuse; gender; age; sexuality; students; insults; masculinity; femininity; well-being; school;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to describe and analyze gender and age patterns of verbal abuse among students, and how it is used in identity construction by girls and boys in social interaction in school. Two sets of data were used: a school-based survey (study I) and an observation and interview-based qualitative study (studies II-IV). LÄS MER