Search for dissertations about: "Pronunciation modelling"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Pronunciation modelling.

2. 1. Modelling Phone-Level Pronunciation in Discourse Context

   Author : Per-Anders Jande; Rolf Carlson; Merle Horne; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Pronunciation modelling; Pronunciation variation; Discourse-context; Phone-level variation; Central standard Swedish; Spoken language annotation; Data-driven methods; Machine learning; Decision trees; Pronunciation lexicon development; Machine-readable lexicon; Phonology; Discourse; Lexicon; Language technology; Språkteknologi;

   Abstract : Analytic knowledge about the systematic variation in a language has an important place in the description of the language. Such knowledge is interesting e.g. in the language teaching domain, as a background for various types of linguistic studies, and in the development of more dynamic speech technology applications. READ MORE

4. 2. Lexical and Acoustic Modelling of Swedish Prosody

   Author : Johan Frid; Fonetik; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; phonology; Phonetics; stress; dialects; Swedish; word accents; letter-to-sound; text-to-speech; modelling; intonation; prosody; speech technology; Fonetik; fonologi; Scandinavian languages and literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ;

   Abstract : Prosody and intonation are very important ingredients of human speech. In speech technology, text-to-speech (TTS) and automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems must incorporate prosodic models in order to reach acceptable performances. READ MORE

5. 3. English and other foreign linguistic elements in spoken Swedish : studies of productive processes and their modelling using finite-state tools

   Author : Anders Lindström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the question of what native speakers of Swedish do when items originating in English and several other foreign languages occur in their native language. This issue is investigated at the phonological and morphological levels of contemporary Swedish. READ MORE

6. 4. Phonetic Imitation, Accent, and the Learner

   Author : Duncan Markham; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sociolinguistics; talent; language acquisition; phonetics; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : This work is concerned with the acquisition of the phonetic characteristics of languages and dialects, and with the issue of learner talent or individual achievement in learning second languages. Following a survey of the literature on language learning limits, it is argued that the concentration on group trends in most of the existing literature, whilst convenient, serves more to obscure the reasons for the difficulties experienced by most non-child language learners than to explain them. READ MORE

7. 5. Mining Speech Sounds : Machine Learning Methods for Automatic Speech Recognition and Analysis

   Author : Giampiero Salvi; Björn Granström; Torbjørn Svendsen; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; speech; machine learning; data mining; signal processing; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis collects studies on machine learning methods applied to speech technology and speech research problems. The six research papers included in this thesis are organised in three main areas. The first group of studies were carried out within the European project Synface. READ MORE