Computing Prosody

Author : Yoshinori Sagisaka,Nick Campbell,Norio Higuchi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461222583

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Computing PROSODY by Yoshinori Sagisaka,Nick Campbell,Norio Higuchi Pdf

This book presents a collection of papers from the Spring 1995 Work shop on Computational Approaches to Processing the Prosody of Spon taneous Speech, hosted by the ATR Interpreting Telecommunications Re search Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan. The workshop brought together lead ing researchers in the fields of speech and signal processing, electrical en gineering, psychology, and linguistics, to discuss aspects of spontaneous speech prosody and to suggest approaches to its computational analysis and modelling. The book is divided into four sections. Part I gives an overview and theoretical background to the nature of spontaneous speech, differentiating it from the lab-speech that has been the focus of so many earlier analyses. Part II focuses on the prosodic features of discourse and the structure of the spoken message, Part ilIon the generation and modelling of prosody for computer speech synthesis. Part IV discusses how prosodic information can be used in the context of automatic speech recognition. Each section of the book starts with an invited overview paper to situate the chapters in the context of current research. We feel that this collection of papers offers interesting insights into the scope and nature of the problems concerned with the computational analysis and modelling of real spontaneous speech, and expect that these works will not only form the basis of further developments in each field but also merge to form an integrated computational model of prosody for a better understanding of human processing of the complex interactions of the speech chain.

Author : Okim Kang,David O. Johnson,Alyssa Kermad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000435580

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Second Language Prosody and Computer Modeling by Okim Kang,David O. Johnson,Alyssa Kermad Pdf

This volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of second language prosody and computer modeling. It addresses the importance of prosody’s role in communication, bridging the gap between applied linguistics and computer science. The book illustrates the growing importance of the relationship between automated speech recognition systems and language learning assessment in light of new technologies and showcases how the study of prosody in this context in particular can offer innovative insights into the computerized process of natural discourse. The book offers detailed accounts of different methods of analysis and computer models used and demonstrates how these models can be applied to L2 discourse analysis toward predicting real-world language use. Kang, Johnson, and Kermad also use these frameworks as a jumping-off point from which to propose new models of second language prosody and future directions for prosodic computer modeling more generally. Making the case for the use of naturalistic data for real-world applications in empirical research, this volume will foster interdisciplinary dialogues across students and researchers in applied linguistics, speech communication, speech science, and computer engineering.

Author : Okim Kang,David O. Johnson,Alyssa Kermad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000435603

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Second Language Prosody and Computer Modeling by Okim Kang,David O. Johnson,Alyssa Kermad Pdf

This volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of second language prosody and computer modeling. It addresses the importance of prosody’s role in communication, bridging the gap between applied linguistics and computer science. The book illustrates the growing importance of the relationship between automated speech recognition systems and language learning assessment in light of new technologies and showcases how the study of prosody in this context in particular can offer innovative insights into the computerized process of natural discourse. The book offers detailed accounts of different methods of analysis and computer models used and demonstrates how these models can be applied to L2 discourse analysis toward predicting real-world language use. Kang, Johnson, and Kermad also use these frameworks as a jumping-off point from which to propose new models of second language prosody and future directions for prosodic computer modeling more generally. Making the case for the use of naturalistic data for real-world applications in empirical research, this volume will foster interdisciplinary dialogues across students and researchers in applied linguistics, speech communication, speech science, and computer engineering.

Author : Carlos Gussenhoven,Professor of General and Experimental Phonology Carlos Gussenhoven,Aoju Chen,Professor of Language Development in Relation to Socialisation and Identity Aoju Chen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 957 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780198832232

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The Oxford Handbook of Language Prosody by Carlos Gussenhoven,Professor of General and Experimental Phonology Carlos Gussenhoven,Aoju Chen,Professor of Language Development in Relation to Socialisation and Identity Aoju Chen Pdf

This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines. The volume's comprehensive coverage and multidisciplinary approach will make it an invaluable resource for all researchers, students, and practitioners interested in prosody.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : LBASS
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780616220030

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Proceedings of the Speech Prosody 2008 Conference by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacob Benesty,M. M. Sondhi,Yiteng Huang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1170 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540491255

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Springer Handbook of Speech Processing by Jacob Benesty,M. M. Sondhi,Yiteng Huang Pdf

This handbook plays a fundamental role in sustainable progress in speech research and development. With an accessible format and with accompanying DVD-Rom, it targets three categories of readers: graduate students, professors and active researchers in academia, and engineers in industry who need to understand or implement some specific algorithms for their speech-related products. It is a superb source of application-oriented, authoritative and comprehensive information about these technologies, this work combines the established knowledge derived from research in such fast evolving disciplines as Signal Processing and Communications, Acoustics, Computer Science and Linguistics.

Author : M. Horne
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401594134

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Prosody: Theory and Experiment by M. Horne Pdf

This volume deals with a wide range of topics including the representation of tones and intonation, evidence for and constraints on prosodic phrasing, prosodic boundary detection, articulatory dynamics of stress, timing in speech, and prosodic correlates of speaking style, as well as the perception of prosodic prominence. The book offers investigators in all areas of speech communication a comprehensive and coherent presentation of contemporary prosodic research.

Author : Ingo Feldhausen, Jan Fliessbach,Maria del Mar Vanrell
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783961101047

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Methods in prosody by Ingo Feldhausen, Jan Fliessbach,Maria del Mar Vanrell Pdf

This book presents a collection of pioneering papers reflecting current methods in prosody research with a focus on Romance languages. The rapid expansion of the field of prosody research in the last decades has given rise to a proliferation of methods that has left little room for the critical assessment of these methods. The aim of this volume is to bridge this gap by embracing original contributions, in which experts in the field assess, reflect, and discuss different methods of data gathering and analysis. The book might thus be of interest to scholars and established researchers as well as to students and young academics who wish to explore the topic of prosody, an expanding and promising area of study.

Author : Stefan Sudhoff,Denisa Lenertova,Roland Meyer,Sandra Pappert,Petra Augurzky,Ina Mleinek,Nicole Richter,Johannes Schließer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110914641

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Methods in Empirical Prosody Research by Stefan Sudhoff,Denisa Lenertova,Roland Meyer,Sandra Pappert,Petra Augurzky,Ina Mleinek,Nicole Richter,Johannes Schließer Pdf

This book contains a collection of cutting-edge papers on methodological aspects of prosody research. Current approaches to the gathering, treatment, and interpretation of prosodic data are discussed by experts in the field, illustrated by their own empirical research. Contributions focus on the choice and measurement of prosodic parameters, the establishment of prosodic categories, annotation structures for spoken-language data, and experimental methods for production and perception studies (including the construction of materials, modes of presentation, online vs. offline tasks, judgement scales, data processing, and statistical evaluation). The volume will serve as a handbook linking data collection and interpretation, allowing researchers in linguistics and related fields to make more informed decisions concerning their empirical work in prosody.

Author : Francesco Cangemi
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783944675015

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Prosodic Detail in Neapolitan Italian by Francesco Cangemi Pdf

Recent findings on phonetic detail have been taken as supporting exemplar-based approaches to prosody. Through four experiments on both production and perception of both melodic and temporal detail in Neapolitan Italian, we show that prosodic detail is not incompatible with abstractionist approaches either. Specifically, we suggest that the exploration of prosodic detail leads to a refined understanding of the relationships between the richly specified and continuous varying phonetic information on one side, and coarse phonologically structured contrasts on the other, thus offering insights on how pragmatic information is conveyed by prosody.

Author : Mariët Theune,Mariet Theune,Anton Hijholt,Hendri Hondorp
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9042009438

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Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 2001 by Mariët Theune,Mariet Theune,Anton Hijholt,Hendri Hondorp Pdf

From the contents: Ideas on multi-layer dialogue management for multi-party, multi-conversation, multi-modal communication. - The alpino dependency treebank. - Corpus-based acquisition of collocational prepositional phrases. - Conservative vs set-driven learning functions for the classes k-valued. - Memory-based phoneme-to-grapheme conversion. - Tagging the Dutch parole corpus. - A named entity recognition system for Dutch.

Author : Ana Paiva,Rui Prada,Rosalind W. Picard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540748892

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Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction by Ana Paiva,Rui Prada,Rosalind W. Picard Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2007. It covers affective facial expression and recognition, affective body expression and recognition, affective speech processing, affective text and dialogue processing, recognizing affect using physiological measures, computational models of emotion and theoretical foundations, and affective sound and music processing.

Author : Qiang Huo,Bin Ma,Eng-Siong Chng,Haizhou Li
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540496656

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Chinese Spoken Language Processing by Qiang Huo,Bin Ma,Eng-Siong Chng,Haizhou Li Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2006, held in Singapore in December 2006, co-located with ICCPOL 2006, the 21st International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. Coverage includes speech science, acoustic modeling for automatic speech recognition, speech data mining, and machine translation of speech.

Author : Björn Schuller,Anton Batliner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118706626

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Computational Paralinguistics by Björn Schuller,Anton Batliner Pdf

This book presents the methods, tools and techniques that are currently being used to recognise (automatically) the affect, emotion, personality and everything else beyond linguistics (‘paralinguistics’) expressed by or embedded in human speech and language. It is the first book to provide such a systematic survey of paralinguistics in speech and language processing. The technology described has evolved mainly from automatic speech and speaker recognition and processing, but also takes into account recent developments within speech signal processing, machine intelligence and data mining. Moreover, the book offers a hands-on approach by integrating actual data sets, software, and open-source utilities which will make the book invaluable as a teaching tool and similarly useful for those professionals already in the field. Key features: Provides an integrated presentation of basic research (in phonetics/linguistics and humanities) with state-of-the-art engineering approaches for speech signal processing and machine intelligence. Explains the history and state of the art of all of the sub-fields which contribute to the topic of computational paralinguistics. C overs the signal processing and machine learning aspects of the actual computational modelling of emotion and personality and explains the detection process from corpus collection to feature extraction and from model testing to system integration. Details aspects of real-world system integration including distribution, weakly supervised learning and confidence measures. Outlines machine learning approaches including static, dynamic and context‐sensitive algorithms for classification and regression. Includes a tutorial on freely available toolkits, such as the open-source ‘openEAR’ toolkit for emotion and affect recognition co-developed by one of the authors, and a listing of standard databases and feature sets used in the field to allow for immediate experimentation enabling the reader to build an emotion detection model on an existing corpus.

Author : Anna Esposito,Lakhmi C. Jain
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319310565

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Toward Robotic Socially Believable Behaving Systems - Volume I by Anna Esposito,Lakhmi C. Jain Pdf

This volume is a collection of research studies on the modeling of emotions in complex autonomous systems. Several experts in the field are reporting their efforts and reviewing the literature in order to shed lights on how the processes of coding and decoding emotional states took place in humans, which are the physiological, physical, and psychological variables involved, invent new mathematical models and algorithms to describe them, and motivate these investigations in the light of observable societal changes and needs, such as the aging population and the cost of health care services. The consequences are the implementation of emotionally and socially believable machines, acting as helpers into domestic spheres, where emotions drive behaviors and actions. The contents of the book are highly multidisciplinary since the modeling of emotions in robotic socially believable systems requires a holistic perspective on topics coming from different research domains such as computer science, engineering, sociology, psychology, linguistic, and information communication. The book is of interest both to experts and students since last research works on a so complex multidisciplinary topic are described in a neat and didactical scientific language.