This paper aims to develop a methodology for forming communication skills (specifically phonetic skills) through virtual learning environment involving online platforms, tools, and mobile applications, which determines the relevance timeliness of study. The authors present their experience effective use modern resources applications in first-year students studying German as first second foreign...

Corpus of Spontaneous Japanese, or CSJ, is a large-scale database of spontaneous Japanese. It contains speech signal and transcription of about 7 million words along with various annotations like POS and phonetic labels. After describing its design issues, the potential of the CSJ as a resource for linguistic variation study was evaluated.

Based on an acoustic phonetic analysis, this paper reports a unique vowel inventory in the Tieshikou Hakka. Results show that Tieshikou vowels have four levels of height, and three degrees of backness. This is completely different from Meixian, the wellknown representative dialect of Hakka. And the discrepancy between Tieshikou and Meixian Hakka sheds light on general issues concerning vowel in...

In this paper, we try to describe the issues to be considered in developing a concatenative speech synthesizer for Amharic language. The complexity of the syllable structure of the language, the phonetic nature of the language and the result of the perceptual test of the synthesizer will be discussed. Comments and recommendations for further research are included.

Previous cross-language research has indicated that some speech contrasts present greater perceptual difficulty for adult non-native listeners than others do. It has been hypothesized that phonemic, phonetic, and acoustic factors contribute to this variability. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate systematically the role of phonemic status and phonetic familiarity in the perception of non...

In this work we present our expert system of Automatic reading or speech synthesis based on a text written in Standard Arabic, our work is carried out in two great stages: the creation of the sound data base, and the transformation of the written text into speech (Text To Speech TTS). This transformation is done firstly by a Phonetic Orthographical Transcription (POT) of any written Standard Ar...

Nonspeech stimuli influence phonetic categorization, but effects observed so far have been limited to precursors' influence on perception of following speech. However, both preceding and following speech affect phonetic categorization. This asymmetry raises questions about whether general auditory processes play a role in context-dependent speech perception. This study tested whether the asymme...

This article provides an overview of phonological development with a focus on production patterns occurring between birth and three years, during which the majority of development occurs. General requirements of phonological acquisition are discussed briefly, followed by a description of prelinguistic vocal development, the transition to speech, and phonological characteristics of first words. ...

Tone processes in Chinese languages can be identified as phonological or phonetic. In the literature, this distinction is often made by referring to them as either tone sandhi (phonological) or tonal coarticulation (phonetic). However, while it is unchallenged that certain processes (e.g. Standard Mandarin Tone 3 Sandhi) belong to the phonological camp, some other tone processes that are consid...