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Laboratory Phonology, 2022 This study investigates whether Mandarin listeners integrate a prosody-covarying phonological variable, the Chinese Tone 3 sandhi (T3S), into auditory sentence disambiguation.
Aini Li, Wei Lai
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Pauses and the temporal structure of speech [PDF]
, 1994 Natural-sounding speech synthesis requires close control over the temporal structure of the speech flow. This includes a full predictive scheme for the durational structure and in particuliar the prolongation of final syllables of lexemes as well as for ...
Zellner, Brigitte
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A Wireless, Battery‐Free Artificial Throat Patch with Deep Learning for Emotional Speech Recognition
Advanced Science, EarlyView.In this work, Xu and co‐workers develop a wireless, battery‐free artificial throat patch system (ATPS) consisting of a carbon nanotube‐based thin‐film strain sensor and a miniaturized flexible printed circuit board, to enable real‐time sensing of throat signals.
Bingxin Xu +10 more
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Phonetic Detail in German Syllable Pronunciation: Influences of Prosody and Grammar
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 This study presents two experiments designed to disentangle various influences on syllable pronunciation. Target syllables were embedded in carrier sentences, read aloud by native German participants, and analyzed in terms of syllable and vowel duration,
Barbara eSamlowski +2 more
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Measuring (online) word segmentation in adults and children
Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021 Since Saffran, Aslin and Newport (1996) showed that infants were sensitive to transitional probabilities between syllables after being exposed to a few minutes of fluent speech, there has been ample research on statistical learning.
Iris Broedelet +2 more
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Neurobehavioral Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Autism Using Smartphone Technology
Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Differences in sensorimotor processing represent an important, yet underrecognized, feature of autism; typically assessed through subjective observations, which, although important, are susceptible to biases. To complement these observations, a more objective approach to assess sensorimotor function may be possible through reflex‐based ...
Kayleigh D. Gultig +19 more
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Mandarin Singing Voice Synthesis Based on Harmonic Plus Noise Model and Singing Expression Analysis [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this study is to investigate how humans interpret musical scores expressively, and then design machines that sing like humans. We consider six factors that have a strong influence on the expression of human singing. The factors are related
Gu, Hung-Yan +2 more
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On Shephard Groups with Large Triangles
, 2009 Shephard groups are common extensions of Artin and Coxeter groups. They appear, for example, in algebraic study of manifolds. An infinite family of Shephard groups which are not Artin or Coxeter groups is considered.
Weiss, Uri
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Syllable duration and word boundaries in French: A preliminary report [PDF]
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1994 Requisite to understanding a spoken message is the ability to recognize the grouping of segments into syllables and syllables into words. The durations of vowels and consonants are known to vary with their positions in words and phrases, with segments in final syllables being longer than those in nonfinal syllables.
Fredericka Bell-Berti +2 more
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The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Urbanisation is a key driver of global environmental change and presents animals with novel stressors and challenges. It can fundamentally influence social behaviour and has the potential to reshape within‐ and between‐species social interactions. Given the role of social behaviour in reproductive fitness and survival, understanding how social
Avery L. Maune +2 more
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