Speech vocoding for laboratory phonology

Speech vocoding for laboratory phonology

Using phonological speech vocoding, we propose a platform for exploring relations between phonology and speech processing, and in broader terms, for exploring relations between the abstract and physical structures of a speech signal. Our goal is to make a step towards bridging phonology and speech processing and to contribute to the program of Laboratory Phonology. We show three application exa...

Beyond Laboratory Phonology The Phonetics of Speech Communication

This paper critically examines the practices of laboratory phonology, regarding two issues that have received extensive analysis in a framework of 'phonology-going-into-the-lab': neutralization of voicing and f0 alignment. A plea is made for a new paradigm of 'phonologycoming-out-of-the-lab', built on function, time, and the listener as fundamental pillars of speech communication.

Phonetics-phonology interface and laboratory phonology

Clusters are described by phonotactics, which determines phonological conditions and constraints on the occurrence or co-occurrence of sounds in a given language (e.g., [pstr-] in Polish pstrąg ‘trout’, [-ps] in English lapse). Syllables, morphemes or words serve as domains of phonotactics. However, the functions of phonotactics – to achieve easily pronounceable and perceptable sequences – may ...

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Speech Perception in Phonology

The idea that the nature of speech perception plays a role in shaping phonology is not new. There is a substantial literature that proposes and tests perceptual explanations for phonological patterns, e.g. Liljencrants and Lindblom (1972), Lindblom (1986), Ohala (1981, 1990, 1993). Most of this research addresses general tendencies in phonological patterning, e.g. the cross-linguistic tendency ...