KoreanSpeech {MPsychoR}

Korean Speech Data

Description

This dataset represents a subset of the data collected in an experiment on the phonetic profile of Korean formality by Winter and Grawunder (2012). The authors were interested in pitch changes between two different attitudes (formal vs. informal).

Usage

data("KoreanSpeech")

Format

A data frame with 6 individuals (14 measurements per person) and the following variables:

subject

Subject ID

gender

Gender

scenario

7 interaction types ("making an appointment", "asking for a favor", "apologizing for coming too late", etc.)

attitude

Formality: formal vs. informal.

frequency

Pitch frequency in Hz

Source

Winter, B. (2013). Linear models and linear mixed effects models in R with linguistic applications. arXiv:1308.5499. (http://arxiv.org/pdf/1308.5499.pdf

Winter, B., & Grawunder, S. (2012) The phonetic profile of Korean formality. Journal of Phonetics, 40, 808-815.

Examples

data("KoreanSpeech")
str(KoreanSpeech)