Phonetic Convergence in Spoken Dialogues in View of Speech Technology Applications

Preface I. Introduction to Communication Adaptation Theory 1. Conversational Interactions 2. Sources of Speech Signal Variability 3. Speech Segmentation II. Expressive Level of Communication 4. Speech Emotional Expressivity 5. Speech Expressivity Analysis III. Databases and Conversation Annotation 6. Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Information Extraction 7. Conversational Speech Database IV. Phonetic Convergence Evaluation 8. Measurements and Similarities Assesments V. Perception of Convergence in Native and Non-Native Speech 9. Convergence in Native and Non-Native Speech 10. Perception Evaluation of Convergence 11. Discussion of Perception Tests VI. Propects for the Development of Dialogue Systems References List of Figures List of Tables Appendices