From syntax to acoustic duration: A dynamical model of speech rhythm production

Speech Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 725-742

  Barbosa, Plínio A ^a  

^a Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Constituency; Dynamic systems modelling; Prominence; Prosody syntax interface; Speech rhythm

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DURATION; GRAMMAR SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC ALGORITHMS; PROSODY SYNTAX INTERFACES;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34447631865     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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