Representation of speech variability
Speech signals provide both linguistic information (eg, words and sentences) as well as
information about the speaker who produced the message (ie, social‐indexical information) …
information about the speaker who produced the message (ie, social‐indexical information) …
Quantifying the role of rhythm in infants' language discrimination abilities: A meta-analysis
More than 30 years have passed since Mehler et al.(1988) proposed that newborns can
discriminate between languages that belong to different rhythm classes: stress-, syllable-or …
discriminate between languages that belong to different rhythm classes: stress-, syllable-or …
The sociolinguistics of variety identification and categorisation: Free classification of varieties of spoken English amongst non-linguist listeners
RM McKenzie - Language Awareness, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In addition to the examination of non-linguists' evaluations of different speech varieties, in
recent years sociolinguists and sociophoneticians have afforded greater attention towards …
recent years sociolinguists and sociophoneticians have afforded greater attention towards …
Classification of regional dialects, international dialects, and nonnative accents
Talkers׳ regions of origin and native languages will significantly shape their speech
production patterns. Previous results suggest that listeners are highly sensitive to whether a …
production patterns. Previous results suggest that listeners are highly sensitive to whether a …
Auditory free classification of nonnative speech
Through experience with speech variability, listeners build categories of indexical speech
characteristics including categories for talker, gender, and dialect. The auditory free …
characteristics including categories for talker, gender, and dialect. The auditory free …
Algerian Modern Colloquial Arabic Speech Corpus (AMCASC): regional accents recognition within complex socio-linguistic environments
M Djellab, A Amrouche, A Bouridane… - Language Resources …, 2017 - Springer
The Algerian linguistic situation is very intricate due to the ethnic, geographical and colonial
occupation influences which have lead to a complex sociolinguistic environment. As a result …
occupation influences which have lead to a complex sociolinguistic environment. As a result …
Dialect classification using vowel acoustic parameters
C Themistocleous - Speech Communication, 2017 - Elsevier
This study provides a classification model of two Modern Greek dialects, namely Athenian
Greek and Cypriot Greek, using information from formant dynamics of F1, F2, F3, F4 and …
Greek and Cypriot Greek, using information from formant dynamics of F1, F2, F3, F4 and …
Exploring EFL students' pronunciation learning supported by corpus-based language pedagogy
Q Ma, F Mei, B Qian - Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advances in corpus-based language pedagogy (CBLP) have proven effective for
teaching text-based language skills such as reading and writing. However, its application to …
teaching text-based language skills such as reading and writing. However, its application to …
Auditory free classification of native and nonnative speech by nonnative listeners
Nonnative listeners are less accurate than native listeners at identifying, categorizing, and
classifying native talkers' accents, suggesting a decrement in nonnative listeners' …
classifying native talkers' accents, suggesting a decrement in nonnative listeners' …
Accent classification from an emotional speech in clean and noisy environments
KS Rao - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2023 - Springer
The performance of speech emotion recognition systems (SER) suffers when emotional
speech is spoken in different accents. One possible solution to such a problem is to identify …
speech is spoken in different accents. One possible solution to such a problem is to identify …