Automatic classification of segmental second language speech quality using prosodic features
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چکیده
An experiment is reported exploring whether the general auditorily assessed segmental quality of second language speech can be evaluated with automatic methods, based on a number of prosodic features of the speech data. The results suggest that prosodic features can predict the occurrence of a number of segmental problems in non-native speech.
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