Publications

Publication details [#1273]

Benjamin, Gail R. 1977. Tone of voice in Japanese conversation. Language in Society 6 (1) : 1–13.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | emotion | situation | tone of voice

Language as a subject

Japanese

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

An experimental study of the role of tone of voice in Japanese conversations shows that there are situational determinants of voice quality that are not related to emotion.