I-IV -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Speech material -- CHAPTER 3. Perceptual characteristics of discrete emotions -- CHAPTER 4. Relative importance of perceptual parameters and the characteristics of emotional dimensions -- CHAPTER 5. Acoustic correlates of perceptual parameters -- CHAPTER 6. Recognition by Dutch adults -- CHAPTER 7. Developmental recognition -- CHAPTER 8. Recognition by toddlers -- CHAPTER 9. Recognition by Dutch, Taiwanese, and Japanese subjects -- CHAPTER 10. Integration of findings and suggestions for further research -- APPENDIX A. ACOUSTIC DATA FOR TEN EMOTIONS -- APPENDIX B. Instructions for the recognition experiment with Dutch adults -- APPENDIX C. COMBINATIONS AND ORDER OF THE ALTERNATIVES IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL RECOGNITION EXPERIMENT -- APPENDIX D. COMBINATIONS AND ORDER OF THE ALTERNATIVES IN THE RECOGNITION EXPERIMENT WITH TODDLERS -- References -- Samenvatting -- Curriculum vitae