Information structure and efficiency in speech production

EUROSPEECH 2003 - 8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 769-772

  Van Son, R J J H ^a   Pols, Louis C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; SPEECH;

EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INFORMATION STRUCTURES; SPECTRAL CENTER; SPEECH CORPORA; SPEECH PRODUCTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85009150112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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