Analysis of Prosody in Interactive Natural Languages Expressed Using Different Modality

交互式语言中的韵律对于语言理解或实时交流是很重要的。本研究分析了不同情态的日语口语和日语手语中韵律的作用和效果。研究的结果是：(1)韵律信息测量方法的发展；(2)韵律在实时交流中的重要性；(3)发现不同语言和不同形式之间的异同。

Prosody in interactive languages is important for language understanding or real-time communication. In this study, the function and the effect of prosody were analyzed for Japanese oral language and Japanese sign language with different modalities. The results of research were (1) the development of measurement method of prosody information, (2) showing the importance of prosody in real-time communication, (3) finding of similarities and differences between different languages with different modalities.