@inproceedings{AndreevaDemenkoWolskaetal.2017,
  author    = {Bistra Andreeva and Grazyna Demenko and Magdalena Wolska and Bernd M{\"o}bius and Frank Zimmerer and Jeanin J{\"u}gler and Magdalena Oleskowicz-Popiel and J{\"u}rgen Trouvain},
  title     = {Comparison of Pitch Range and Pitch Variation in Slavic and Germanic Languages},
  series = {Proceedings to the 7th Speech Prosody Conference. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. May 20-23, 2014},
  editor    = {Nick Campbell and Dafydd Gibbon and Daniel Hirst},
  publisher = {International Speech Communication Association},
  address   = {Baixas},
  issn      = {2333-2042},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-59200},
  pages     = {776 -- 780},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This study presents the results of a large-scale comparison of various measures of pitch range and pitch variation in two Slavic (Bulgarian and Polish) and two Germanic (German and British English) languages. The productions of twenty-two speakers per language (eleven male and eleven female) in two different tasks (read passages and number sets) are compared. Significant differences between the language groups are found: German and English speakers use lower pitch maxima, narrower pitch span, and generally less variable pitch than Bulgarian and Polish speakers. These findings support the hypothesis that inguistic communities tend to be characterized by particular pitch profiles.},
  language  = {en}
}