Contextual factor analysis of vowel distribution
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چکیده
A new categorical factor analysis metbad is proposed and it is applied to investigate the influence of phonemic context on the distribution ofvowel spectra. Conventional categorical factor analysis methods, such as quantification theory, assume that the influence ofmultiple categories are expressed by the linear combination of that of single category. In onr method, the theory is modified to deal with nonlinear factor. Using this method, the multiple correlation coefficients are improved by 3.67.8% as compared with the conventionallinear method and some nonlinear categorical factors which affect the vowel distribution became apparent.
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تاریخ انتشار 1989