Punctuation Signals Perception while Prosody Markers

Considering that the perception of speech consists of the extraction of meaning from the acoustic signal and that the punctuation signals function as prosody markers in the sense of they supply to the reader the information about the melody variations that will occur during the aloud reading, we have searched weather the listener is capable to perceive the melody variations that are related to reading and marked with punctuation system in the text. We carried out an experiment that consisted on the task of relating perception with corresponding punctuation signals. We have investigated in this work if the listener notices the melody variations that the punctuation signals incite and if the previous grammatical knowledge of the punctuation rules and variations of F0, intensity, duration and pause contributes to the perception of (the) different punctuation signals KEYWORDS: Perception. Prosody. Punctuation. Reading. Signals.Considerando que a percepção da fala consiste na extração de significado do sinal acústico e que os sinais de pontuação funcionam como marcadores prosódicos, no sentido de que fornecem ao leitor informações de como devem ser as variações melódicas durante a leitura em voz alta, o presente trabalho busca investigar se o ouvinte, ao ouvir uma leitura, é capaz de perceber as variações melódicas incitadas visualmente pelos sinais de pontuação. Para isso, foi realizado um experimento que avaliou a tarefa de percepção dos sinais de pontuação. Investigou-se, neste trabalho, se há percepção das variações melódicas incitadas pelos sinais de pontuação. Investigou –se também em que medida o conhecimento gramatical prévio das regras de pontuação e as variações de F0, intensidade, duração e pausa contribuem para a percepção dos diferentes sinais de pontuação.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Leitura em voz alta. Percepção. Prosódia. Sinais de PontuaçãoABSTRACTConsidering that the perception of speech consists of the extraction of meaning from the acoustic signal and that the punctuation signals function as prosody markers in the sense of they supply to the reader the information about the melody variations that will occur during the aloud reading, we have searched weather the listener is capable to perceive the melody variations that are related to reading and marked with punctuation system in the text. We carried out an experiment that consisted on the task of relating perception with corresponding punctuation signals. We have investigated in this work if the listener notices the melody variations that the punctuation signals incite and if the previous grammatical knowledge of the punctuation rules and variations of F0, intensity, duration and pause contributes to the perception of (the) different punctuation signals KEYWORDS: Perception. Prosody. Punctuation. Reading. Signals