Phonetic Convergence in Spoken Dialogues in View of Speech Technology Applications

Preface

I. Introduction to Communication Adaptation Theory

1. Conversational Interactions
2. Sources of Speech Signal Variability
3. Speech Segmentation

II. Expressive Level of Communication

4. Speech Emotional Expressivity
5. Speech Expressivity Analysis

III. Databases and Conversation Annotation

6. Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Information Extraction
7. Conversational Speech Database

IV. Phonetic Convergence Evaluation

8. Measurements and Similarities Assesments

V. Perception of Convergence in Native and Non-Native Speech

9. Convergence in Native and Non-Native Speech
10. Perception Evaluation of Convergence
11. Discussion of Perception Tests

VI. Propects for the Development of Dialogue Systems

References
List of Figures
List of Tables
Appendices