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Мултимодален подход за изследване на речта
A Multimodal Approach to Speech Investigation

Author(s): Dimitar Popov, Velka Popova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: multimodal linguistics; speech investigation

Summary/Abstract: The modern concept of multimodality envisages diversity (multiplicity) in the presentation of information channels (auditory and visual) in communication. This fact presents multiple opportunities for a simultaneous and multidimensional interpretation of the variability in an individual’s speech in different types of discourse, which could potentially lead to a cross-modal research approach in the future. Multimodal oral discourse (sounding speech) is characterized by a segmental (verbal) component and a multitude of non-segmental (paraverbal, prosodic) parameters which supplement the verbal component in real-time use. The visual channel, on the other hand, contains a series of extraverbal elements that complement and refine the information conveyed.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-67
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian