Speaker Charisma Analyzed through the Cultural Lens

Anna Gutnyk, Oliver Niebuhr*, Wentao Gu

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Abstract

Speaker charisma is conveyed through multiple aspects: ideas, visions, and perceivable verbal and non-verbal behaviors. Among these perceivable behaviors, probably the most prominent are the acoustic features of one’s voice. We present here a cross-cultural study on charismatic speech. We conducted a combination of acoustic-prosodic analysis and perceptual experiment on the speeches given by presenters from 6 countries on 4 continents to shed initial light on the cultural differences in producing and perceiving speaker charisma, as well as on the impact of speaker gender. Results show that charisma production and perception are affected by prosodic features to different extents across both countries and speaker genders.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 12th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP)
Number of pages5
PublisherIEEE
Publication date31. Mar 2021
ISBN (Print)978-1-7281-6995-8
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-7281-6994-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31. Mar 2021
Event12th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP), 2021 - Hong Kong
Duration: 24. Jan 202127. Jan 2021

Conference

Conference12th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP), 2021
CityHong Kong
Period24/01/202127/01/2021

Keywords

  • charisma
  • gender
  • culture
  • speech prosody

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