Myanmar script uses no space between words and syllable segmentation represents a significant process in many NLP tasks such as word segmentation, sorting, line breaking and so on. In this study, a rulebased approach of syllable segmentation algorithm for Myanmar text is proposed. Segmentation rules were created based on the syllable structure of Myanmar script and a syllable segmentation algor...

This study examines the role of syllable structure in Russian-speaking children, both Typically Developing (TD) and with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). We report results of a pseudo-word repetition task in which syllable number and syllable complexity are manipulated. The results show that children with SLI perform significantly worse than TD children on this task, indicating that Russian ...

The present study deals with the in uence of syllable structure on the the ne alignment of accent commands of the Fujisaki-model. The corpus used in this study consists of three-syllable words of German with word-accent on the second syllable which were uttered in citationform. It is examined which factors in uence accent command onset time T1 and accent command o set time T2. T1 can be predict...

In this paper, a new statistics-based pitch model for Mandarin speech is proposed. The model considers three major affecting factors on the syllable pitch contour, including lexical tone, prosodic state and inter-syllable coarticulation effect. The study emphasizes on the modeling of inter-syllable coarticulation effect. Interactive affections of neighboring tones and different inter-syllable c...

The present study uses ultrasound in combination with acoustic analysis to examine how a tongue gesture is timed in relation to acoustic syllable duration in Mandarin vowel-nasal production. The results show that gestural timing is relevant to both tongue and syllable positions; for example, anterior gestures such as the tongue tip rising tend to occur closer to syllable peripheries than open o...

This study investigates perception by Mandarin Chinese and Japanese native speakers of English consonants in syllable-final position, and the effect of vowel duration as a cue to voicing in syllablefinal stops. Two experiments were conducted in the study and the results revealed that Mandarin Chinese speakers performed better than Japanese speakers but the position of the consonant in the sylla...

Three word-spotting experiments assessed the role of syllable onsets and offsets in lexical segmentation. Participants detected CVC words embedded initially or finally in bisyllabic nonwords with aligned (CVC.CVC) or misaligned (CV.CCVC) syllabic structure. A misalignment between word and syllable onsets (Experiment 1) produced a greater perceptual cost than a misalignment between word and syll...

This study investigates durational and spectral variation in syllable-onset /l/s dependent on voicing in the coda. 1560 pairs of (C)lVC monosyllables differing in the voicing of the final stop were read by 4 British English speakers. Onset /l/ was longer before voiced than voiceless codas, and darker (for 3 speakers) as measured by F2 frequency and spectral centre of gravity. Differences due to...

The control of sequenced behaviors, including human speech, requires that the brain coordinate the production of discrete motor elements with their concatenation into complex patterns. In birdsong, another sequential vocal behavior, the acoustic structure (phonology) of individual song elements, or "syllables," must be coordinated with the sequencing of syllables into a song. However, it is unk...

Two experiments examined the nature of the phonological representations used during visual word recognition. We tested whether a minimality constraint (R. Frost, 1998) limits the complexity of early representations to a simple string of phonemes. Alternatively, readers might activate elaborated representations that include prosodic syllable information before lexical access. In a modified lexic...