Intensity of the Reader’s Voice in the Reading Aloud of Fiction: Effects of the Character’s Gender
The speaker’s gender is a crucial factor affecting the acoustic features of the voice. One such feature is voice intensity, also known as sound pressure level (SPL). Previous studies have indicated that the female voice may involve lower values of SPL than the male voice. Moreover, there are suggest...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Sciendo
2017-12-01
|
Series: | Studia Anglica Posnaniensia |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/stap-2017-0011 |