Computational Models of American Speech (Paperback)

Francine R. Chen

ISBN 10: 0937073989 / ISBN 13: 9780937073988

Editore: Centre for the Study of Language & Information, Stanford, 1992

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Paperback. A new perspective on phonetic variation is achieved in this volume through the construction of a series of models of spoken American English. In the past, computer theorists and programmers investigating pronunciation have often relied on their own knowledge of the language or on limited transcription data. Speech recognition researchers, on the other hand, have drawn on a great deal of data but without examining in detail the information about pronunciation the data contains. The authors combine the best of each approach to develop probabilistic and rule-based computational models of transcription data. An ongoing controversy in studies of phonetic variation is the existence and proper definition of a phonetic unit. The authors argue that assumptions about the units of spoken language are critical to a computational model. Their computational models employ suprasegmental elements such as syllable boundaries, stress, and position in a unit called a metrical foot. The use of such elements in modeling data enables the creation of better computational models for both recognition and synthesis technology. This book should be of interest to speech engineers, linguists, and anyone who wishes to understand symbolic systems of communication. This text offers a probabilistic and rule-based computational model of transcription data. The authors argue that assumptions about the units of spoken language are critical to a computational model. Their models employ suprasegmental elements such as syllable boundaries and stress. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Computational Models of American Speech (Paperback)
• Editore: Centre for the Study of Language & Information, Stanford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0937073989
• ISBN 13: 9780937073988
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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Riassunto

A new perspective on phonetic variation is achieved in this volume through the construction of a series of models of spoken American English. In the past, computer theorists and programmers investigating pronunciation have often relied on their own knowledge of the language or on limited transcription data. Speech recognition researchers, on the other hand, have drawn on a great deal of data but without examining in detail the information about pronunciation the data contains. The authors combine the best of each approach to develop probabilistic and rule-based computational models of transcription data. An ongoing controversy in studies of phonetic variation is the existence and proper definition of a phonetic unit. The authors argue that assumptions about the units of spoken language are critical to a computational model. Their computational models employ suprasegmental elements such as syllable boundaries, stress, and position in a unit called a metrical foot. The use of such elements in modeling data enables the creation of better computational models for both recognition and synthesis technology. This book should be of interest to speech engineers, linguists, and anyone who wishes to understand symbolic systems of communication.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. The enterprise of modeling the sound of a word; 2. Hand-transcribed American English speech; 3. Predicting possible pronunciations; 4. Word confusion, sound stability; 5. Statistical modeling of phonological variation; 6. Final remarks; Appendixes; References; Index.