An acoustic study of vocal expression in two genres of Yoruba oral poetry

An acoustic study of vocal expression in two genres of Yoruba oral poetry

This pilot study proposes an acoustic study of the vocal expressions in Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà, two genres of Yorùbá oral poetry. For this study, we conducted an experiment, involving the vocalization of an original poem in speech mode, Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà. The vocalizations were recorded and analyzed acoustical...

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Main Authors: Samuel K. Akinbo, Olanrewaju Samuel, Iyabode B. Alaga, Olawale Akingbade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
Subjects:
oral poetry
tone
vibrato
vocal effort
vocal expression
phonetics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2022.1029400/full

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