<OT> New Posting: ROA-1007

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ROA 1007-1208

Computing phonological generalization over real speech exemplars

Robert Kirchner <kirchner at ualberta.ca>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=1007


Abstract:
We present an Exemplar-Theoretic confidence-sensitive dynamic
programming model of speech production, PEBLS (Phonological
Exemplar-Based Learning System), and test it with real acoustic
speech signals. We focus on the computational problem of
how to generate an output that generalizes over a collection
of unique, variable-length signals, without resorting to
a priori phonological units such as phones or syllables.
We show that PEBLS displays pattern-entrenchment behaviour,
central to Exemplar Theory's account of phonologization.

Comments: Roger K. Moore, second author
Keywords: exemplar theory, phonologization, dynamic programming, speech processing, spirantization
Areas: Phonology,Phonetics,Computation
Type: Journal Article

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=1007