This report covers the first study in a series now being made for the purpose of determining the basic characteristics of superior speech

Steer, Max D.

Tiffin, Joseph

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A Photographic Study of the Use of Intensity by Superior Speakers

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Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science Volume 41 Annual Issue Article 107 1934 A Photographic Study of the Use of Intensity by Superior Speakers Max D. Steer State University of Iowa Joseph Tiffin State University of Iowa Copyright ©1934 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias Recommended Citation Steer, Max D. and Tiffin, Joseph (1934) "A Photographic Study of the Use of Intensity by Superior Speakers," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 41(1), 300-300. Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol41/iss1/107 This Research is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa Academy of Science at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by an authorized editor of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@uni.edu. A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE USE OF INTEN-SITY BY SUPERIOR SPEAKERS MAx D. STEER AND JosEPH Tn.<'FIN This report covers the first study in a series now being made for the purpose of determining the basic characteristics of su-perior speech. Six superior speakers were selected, and a sampling of their speech was recorded on phonograph records. A photographic technique using a vacuum tube voltmeter was employed to deter-mine the use of intensity by the performers. A grammatical anal-ysis was made of the.speech content for each speaker. The results obtained warranted the following conclusions : 1. Intensity of various parts of speech. On the basis of the amount of intensity employed, the various parts of speech are ranked in this order: (a) adverbs, (b) nouns and adjectives, ( c) verbs and pronouns, ( d) prepositions, conjunctions, and arti-cles. 2. Intensity variability. (a) Superior speakers employ, on the average, a range in syllabic power of approximately 20 de-cibels ; (b) variability of intensity as indicated by a measure of standard deviation is 4.4 decibels for the speech of the subjects in this experiment. If we may consider these performers as su-perior speakers, then these findings are in accordance with Murray and Tiffin and others who have pointed out that the superior voice is highly flexible in intensity. STATE UNIVERSITY oF lowA, low A CITY, low A. 300 1Steer and Tiffin: A Photographic Study of the Use of Intensity by Superior SpeakersPublished by UNI ScholarWorks, 1934

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