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Sound–Emotion Interaction in Poetry: Rhythm, Phonemes, Voice Quality
Reuven Tsur † and Chen Gafni
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 39] 2022
► pp. 263–288

Chapter 13
Voice quality in the vocal performance of poetry

Perceived effect

Article outline
  • 13.1Introduction
  • 13.2Methodological challenges
  • 13.3The perceived effect of softened voice in two readings of “Kubla Khan”
    • 13.3.1Procedure
    • 13.3.2Results
      • 13.3.2.1Rating judgements
      • 13.3.2.2Verbal responses
      • 13.3.2.3Emotive qualities and acoustic correlates
  • 13.4Discussion
  • Notes