Acoustic signal x writing information in the perception of the melody variation

Abstract

In this article we investigate the action of the hearing and the vision in the perception of melodic variations proceeding written words whose semantic loads reference to the attitudes of the speaks and the ways to say, considered, therefore, as prosodic markers of the writing. We accomplish perception test that consisted on the presentation of written texts synchronized speak out read of these texts without coincidence between written information and melodic variation. The results show that, for these prosodic markers, in this experimental condition, the perception of the melodic variations occur predominantly from the acoustic signal, not having interference of the written information.
KEYWORD: Acoustic signal. Prospodic markers. Visual information.