The project’s goal is to create an American Sign Language (ASL) data resource that focuses on documenting visual prosody, which includes, for example, non-manual markers that convey meaning and ...

There are different branches of linguistics that deal with sounds and all of their unique aspects. One branch in particular, known as prosody, is the study of bigger speech sound units and syllables.

Table 1 Example contexts of ħalafa and ˈʔaqsama in the Holy Qurʾān.

Languages are more than a means of communication: they define our identity and help us integrate into society. Languages are more than a means of communication: they define our identity and help us ...

The existence of a mapping between emotions and speech prosody is commonly assumed. We propose a Bayesian modelling framework to analyse this mapping. Our models are fitted to a large collection of ...