Intonational phrase break prediction using decision tree and n-gram model

EUROSPEECH 2001 - SCANDINAVIA - 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 537-540

  Sun, Xuejing ^a   Applebaum, Ted H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Panasonic Corporation of North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SYNTACTICS;

FINITE LENGTH; INTONATIONAL PHRASE; N-GRAM MODELING; N-GRAMS; PART OF SPEECH; PARTS OF SPEECH;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 85009106023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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