Everyday experience tells us that it is often possible to identify a familiar speaker solely by
his/her voice. Such observations reveal that speakers carry individual features in their …

This study reports on the methodological challenges of determining and quantifying ethnic
identity in questionnaire and interview data from second-generation members of the San …

For second‐generation members of a diaspora community, ethnic and cultural affiliation are
less straightforward than for the first generation. We compare information on identity …

Questa ricerca si basa sullo studio delle melodie intonative prodotte degli americani e dagli
italiani ed esamina le differenze tonali dell'inglese e dell'italiano. In particolare, è …

Speech prosody, the rhythm and intonation in particular, plays an important role in
communication of meaning. Rising vs. falling intonation contours signaling the speaker's …

This paper discusses the pitch component of the human voice: how it is produced, how it is
used, what can affect it and how it can influence people's opinions and reactions. The paper …

Received Pronunciation (RP) has been widely described linguistically (Wells 1982, 1991,
1997), although little sociolinguistic research has been carried out on it (Fabricius 2000; …