Voice and identity [Elektronische Ressource] : a contrastive study of identity perception in voice / vorgelegt von Begoña Payá Herrero

Begona Paya Herrero

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• Publié par: ludwig-maximilians-universitat_munchen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 27
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Voice and Identity:
A contrastive study of identity perception
in voice



Begoña Payá Herrero




















Voice and Identity:
A contrastive study of identity perception in voice




Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades
der Philosophie an der
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München

Im Cotutelle Verfahren mit der Universität
Universidad de Valencia

Vorgelegt von

Begoña PAYÁ HERRERO

2009


















Betreuer an der Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität:
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulze

Betreuer an der Universidad de Valencia:
Prof. Dr. Barry Pennock-Speck

Gutachter der Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität:
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulze

Gutachter der Universidad de Valencia:
Prof. Dr. Barry Pennock-Speck

Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 11.09.2009 (in Valencia)





















Acknowledgements

Every PhD student writing his/her doctoral thesis is confronted with an extremely
challenging task, which requires a considerable amount of self-discipline. Throughout the years
this may last, there are inevitably moments of uncertainty, of confusion, of emptiness, or even
moments where we lose track of where we are going and are drowned by the avalanche of
knowledge. So was my case. But what seemed like a mountain too high to climb at the beginning
became a task that could be managed step by step thanks to the support of many people.
First of all, from the LIPP Programme in Munich, I woud like to thank its coordinator,
Caroline Trautmann, and all the LIPP professors for what they have taught me along these three
years, especially, Prof. Janney and my tutor, Prof. Wolfgang Schulze, for always believing in me
and not hesitating to make suggestions when I was a bit lost. I am equally grateful to my tutor in
the Universitat de València, Dr. Barry Pennock, who inspired me to research on the topic of Voice
and Identity and contributed with many tips for bibliographic references. I am also grateful for
the help received by the Statistics Department of the LMU when trying to analyze the results of
my measurements.
On a more personal level, I would first like to thank my PhD friends in Munich, especially
Trinidad Marin, Julia Martinez, Nydia Contreras and Sebastian Postlep for their moral and
sometimes technical support. Secondly, I am very grateful to my family, especially my brother,
mother and father for always believing this project would be successful and their endless love and
support. Thirdly, I would like to say thanks to my extremely patient and beloved boyfriend for his
constant encouragement, merci!
Last but not least, any project like this is only materially possible with financial support.
For this too, I am extremely grateful, during the first two years of my PhD to the Mutua Madrileña
for giving me a grant, and to Ibercaja for providing economic support to finish the PhD one more
year.
Thank you all!



Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................1
2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND............................................................................................5
22..11.. IdIdeennttiittyy ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................66 22..11.. IdIdeennttiittyy ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
2.1.1. Definitions .......................................................................................................................... 6
2.1.2. The construction of Identity .........................................................................................12
2.2. Voice ...................................................................................................................................19
2.3. The interaction of voice and identity ..............................................................................29
2.3.1. Physical markers .............................................................................................................33
2.3.2. Social markers .................................................................................................................34
2.3.3. Psychological markers....................................................................................................41
2.4. The embodied voice...........................................................................................................54
2.4.1. Is voice embodied?..........................................................................................................54
2.4.2. Voice perception .............................................................................................................56
2.4.3. Categorizing voices.........................................................................................................64
2.4.4. The semiotics of voice ....................................................................................................70
2.5. Voice stereotypy ................................................................................................................76
3. HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................80
4. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................83
4.1. Choice of corpus and methods..........................................................................................84
4.2. Experiment 1 ......................................................................................................................86
4.2.1. The questionnaire ...........................................................................................................86
4.2.2. Voice label classification................................................................................................89
4.2.3. Praat ..................................................................................................................................90 4.2.4. Corpus tools .....................................................................................................................91
4.2.5. Personality tests ..............................................................................................................92
4.3. Experiment 2: the perception test....................................................................................95
5. RESULTS ............................................................................................................................99
5.1. Phonetic analysis .............................................................................................................100
5.2. Statistical analysis............................................................................................................108
5.3. Corpus analysis and voice labels ....................................................................................109
5.3.1. Use of MICASE:................................................................................................................111
5.3.2. Use of VIEW.....................................................................................................................113
5.3.3. Use of Corpus del Español ...............................................................................................115
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5.5. Perception test .................................................................................................................119
5.5.1. Voice labels and voice correlations of personality ..................................................119
5.5.2. Perception of emotions and attitudes........................................................................126
6. DISCUSSION ....................................................................................................................132
6.1. Paradigm of voice and identity.......................................................................................133