Modeling supra-segmental features of syllables using neural networks

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 83, Issue , 2008, Pages 71-95

  Rao, K Sreenivasa ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

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EID: 37549007588     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75398-8_4     Document Type: Article

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