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This text offers a probabilistic and rule-based computational model of transcription data. The authors argue that assumptions about the units of spoken language are critical to a computational model. Their models employ suprasegmental elements such as syllable boundaries and stress.

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Preface; 1. The enterprise of modeling the sound of a word; 2. Hand-transcribed American English speech; 3. Predicting possible pronunciations; 4. Word confusion, sound stability; 5. Statistical modeling of phonological variation; 6. Final remarks; Appendixes; References; Index.

Computational Models of American Speech 32 Center

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      Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information
      Publication Date: 11/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780937073988, 978-0937073988
      ISBN10: 0937073989
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text offers a probabilistic and rule-based computational model of transcription data. The authors argue that assumptions about the units of spoken language are critical to a computational model. Their models employ suprasegmental elements such as syllable boundaries and stress.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. The enterprise of modeling the sound of a word; 2. Hand-transcribed American English speech; 3. Predicting possible pronunciations; 4. Word confusion, sound stability; 5. Statistical modeling of phonological variation; 6. Final remarks; Appendixes; References; Index.

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