Dimos, KostisKostisDimosDick, LeopoldLeopoldDickDellwo, VolkerVolkerDellwo2024-11-192024-11-192015-08-11978-0-85261-941-4https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/33059Prosody conveys information about the emotional state of the speaker. In this study we test whether listeners are able to detect different levels in the emotional state of the speaker based on prosodic features such as intonation, speech rate and intensity. We ran a perception experiment in which we ask Swiss German and Chinese listeners to recognize the intended emotions that the professional speaker produced. The results indicate that both Chinese and Swiss German listeners could identify the intended emotions. However, Swiss German listeners could detect different levels of happiness and sadness better than the Chinese listeners. This finding might show that emotional prosody does not function categorically, distinguishing only different emotions, but also indicates different degrees of the expressed emotion.enEmotional prosodyspeech perceptiontheatrical speechSwiss GermanChineseMLconference_item