Plínio A. Barbosa

List of John Benjamins publications for which Plínio A. Barbosa plays a role.

Articles

Barbosa, Plínio A. 2020 Chapter 9. Cross-linguistic comparison of automatic detection of speech breaks in read and narrated speech in four languagesIn Search of Basic Units of Spoken Language: A corpus-driven approach, Izre'el, Shlomo, Heliana Mello, Alessandro Panunzi and Tommaso Raso (eds.), pp. 285–300 | Chapter
This chapter tests an algorithm for the automatic detection of speech breaks in read and narrated speech in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), European Portuguese (EP), French, and German. The algorithm is independent of previous transcription or linguistic analysis (syllable, phone labeling and… read more
Raso, Tommaso, Plínio A. Barbosa, Frederico A. Cavalcante and Maryualê M. Mittmann 2020 Chapter 1. Segmentation and analysis of the two English excerpts: The Brazilian team proposalIn Search of Basic Units of Spoken Language: A corpus-driven approach, Izre'el, Shlomo, Heliana Mello, Alessandro Panunzi and Tommaso Raso (eds.), pp. 309–326 | Chapter
This paper has a tripartite focus: (1) to establish the best segmentation for two American English texts according to inter-rater agreement measurements. By doing this, we differentiate the behavior of experts and non-experts annotators. The experts’ annotation constitute the basis for the… read more
Barbosa, Plínio A. 2016 Intonation modeling in cross-linguistic researchIntonational Grammar in Ibero-Romance: Approaches across linguistic subfields, Armstrong, Meghan E., Nicholas Henriksen and Maria del Mar Vanrell (eds.), pp. 115–134 | Article
This chapter uses the analysis-by-synthesis technique in the framework of the PENTA model to find general patterns of F0 associated with the functions of boundary marking and prominence in two varieties of Portuguese. Both European and Brazilian Portuguese intonation patterns are investigated in… read more