This study presents results from two speech perception experiments to provide empirical evidence for improving perceptual clarity in audio descriptions (AD) for character emotions. In both experiments, 27 participants with normal vision heard AD-style utterances that varied in objectivity of appraisals (i.e., words denoting emotion vs. words describing behavior) and in prosodic saliency of the appraisals, and then self-rated the degree of perceived emotions on a 9-point scale. As an effect of objectivity, subjective descriptions induced significantly higher emotion ratings than objective ones in Experiment 1, in which prior context was given minimally. In Experiment 2 which provided more faithful contextual information, however, perceived character emotion tended to be greater for objective appraisals, possibly suggesting that objective descriptions along with abundant context help the listeners actively reconstruct mental representations for the intended psychological states. The effects of prosody were more robust across the experiments. The ratings significantly increased when provided with more salient acoustic cues for the phrase boundary and prominence, highlighting the role of prosodically-driven articulatory strengthening in speech perception, which may be provided as a guideline for trained dubbing artists.
@article{ART002909646}, author={Jeongdawoon and Jungyun Kim}, title={Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions}, journal={The Journal of Translation Studies}, issn={1229-795X}, year={2022}, volume={23}, number={5}, pages={33-55}, doi={10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002}
TY - JOUR AU - Jeongdawoon AU - Jungyun Kim TI - Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions JO - The Journal of Translation Studies PY - 2022 VL - 23 IS - 5 PB - The Korean Association for Translation Studies SP - 33 EP - 55 SN - 1229-795X AB - This study presents results from two speech perception experiments to provide empirical evidence for improving perceptual clarity in audio descriptions (AD) for character emotions. In both experiments, 27 participants with normal vision heard AD-style utterances that varied in objectivity of appraisals (i.e., words denoting emotion vs. words describing behavior) and in prosodic saliency of the appraisals, and then self-rated the degree of perceived emotions on a 9-point scale. As an effect of objectivity, subjective descriptions induced significantly higher emotion ratings than objective ones in Experiment 1, in which prior context was given minimally. In Experiment 2 which provided more faithful contextual information, however, perceived character emotion tended to be greater for objective appraisals, possibly suggesting that objective descriptions along with abundant context help the listeners actively reconstruct mental representations for the intended psychological states. The effects of prosody were more robust across the experiments. The ratings significantly increased when provided with more salient acoustic cues for the phrase boundary and prominence, highlighting the role of prosodically-driven articulatory strengthening in speech perception, which may be provided as a guideline for trained dubbing artists. KW - audio description;objectivity;appraisal;context;speech prosody;prosodic boundary;prominence DO - 10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002 ER -
Jeongdawoon and Jungyun Kim. (2022). Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions. The Journal of Translation Studies, 23(5), 33-55.
Jeongdawoon and Jungyun Kim. 2022, "Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions", The Journal of Translation Studies, vol.23, no.5 pp.33-55. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002
Jeongdawoon, Jungyun Kim "Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions" The Journal of Translation Studies 23.5 pp.33-55 (2022) : 33.
Jeongdawoon, Jungyun Kim. Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions. 2022; 23(5), 33-55. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002
Jeongdawoon and Jungyun Kim. "Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions" The Journal of Translation Studies 23, no.5 (2022) : 33-55.doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002
Jeongdawoon; Jungyun Kim. Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions. The Journal of Translation Studies, 23(5), 33-55. doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002
Jeongdawoon; Jungyun Kim. Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions. The Journal of Translation Studies. 2022; 23(5) 33-55. doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002
Jeongdawoon, Jungyun Kim. Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions. 2022; 23(5), 33-55. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002
Jeongdawoon and Jungyun Kim. "Influences of Objectivity and Prosody in Audio Description on the Comprehension of Character Emotions" The Journal of Translation Studies 23, no.5 (2022) : 33-55.doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.5.002