2 papers
cs.CL2026
Speaker or Language? Explaining Variance in Charismatic Prosody Across Luxembourgish and French
Nina Hosseini-Kivanani, Nafiseh Taghva, Peter Gilles +1
Charismatic speech is shaped by language and speaking style, yet their relative contribution in bilingual public speaking remains unclear. We analyzed spontaneous speeches of 10 po…
cs.CL2026
Speaker-Specific and Language-Dependent Temporal Organization in Bilingual Political Speech
Nina Hosseini-Kivanani, Nafiseh Taghva, Peter Gilles +1
Speech rhythm helps structure persuasive speech, but most empirical work examines monolingual English. This study asks how politicians organize timing when speaking Luxembourgish a…