A blackboard model of accenting

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-164

  Van Deemter, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; EXPERT SYSTEMS;

CONCEPT-TO-SPEECH SYSTEMS;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 0032118314     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/csla.1998.0044     Document Type: Article

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