This paper describes the automatic syllabification process of Bengali speech in SPPAS software. The process of detecting syllable boundaries has been carried out using a rule-based system applied to the permissible syllable structures of Bengali. Syllable structures of Bengali has undergone a fair a...
Linguistic resources and models for automatic annotations of speechThis repository includes linguistic resources and models for automatic Text Normalization, Phonetization, Alignment and Syllabification for the following languages: cat, cmn, deu, eng, fra, fraquebec, hun, ita, jpn, kor, nan, pcm, po...
SPPAS is a robust and reliable software for the automatic annotation, for the analyses of annotated-data and to convert annotated files.As the primary functionality, SPPAS proposes a set of automatic or semi-automatic annotations of recordings: Momel: modelling melody, INTSINT: Intonation, Search fo...
The Basotho of Lesotho and South Africa speak the same language, namely Sesotho. However, the two countries do not use the same orthography when writing Sesotho. This orthographic representation and its variations pose a significant challenge when Bible translators translate it into Sesotho. It also...
This paper proposes a new distribution of the Lycian consonants, which is less uniform than described hitherto. Indeed, whereas the word-initial and intervocalic positions allow either the simplex or the geminate consonant, only the simplex is attested for every consonant after a nasal and before a...
This paper proposes a new distribution of the Lycian consonants, which is less uniform than described hitherto. Indeed, whereas the word-initial and intervocalic positions allow either the simplex or the geminate consonant, only the simplex is attested for every consonant after a nasal and before a...
This study considers the syllabification perceptions of heritage speakers of Spanish (HSS), second language learners, and monolingual speakers in words with io sequences in order to understand the differences between HSS and the other two groups. Participants completed a reading task and then a list...
The analysis of the structure of speech nearly always rests on the alignment of the speech recording with a phonetic transcription. Nowadays several tools can perform this speech segmentation automatically. However, none of them carries out the automatic segmentation of Quebec French (QF hereafter)...
From the perspective of standard generative phonological theory, syllable structure is not recorded in the lexicon but it is obtained by means of a syllabification algorithm based on a series of principles. In a given language, the algorithm should parse obstruent+liquid clusters as tautosyllabic bo...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the phonological and morphological patterning of geminates in Moroccan Arabic (MA), using the constraint-based framework of Optimality Theory. In particular, the central aim of this work is to uncover the constraint interactions responsible for the creation an...
The analysis of the structure of speech nearly always rests on the alignment of the speech recording with a phonetic transcription. Nowadays several tools can perform this speech segmentation automatically. However, none of them carries out the automatic segmentation of Quebec French (QF hereafter)...
This paper presents rhythmic syncope in Mojeño Trinitario, an Arawak language spoken in lowland Bolivia. In this language, every vowel that is in a weak prosodic position can syncopate. The syncope pattern of Mojeño Trinitario is remarkable for several reasons. First, it involves a regular, categori...
The role of schwa in syllabification has been a challenging phenomenon in Moroccan Arabic (MA), and, consequently, defining syllable boundaries has been a thorny issue. This paper uses data of spontaneous speech to reveal that syllabification would be better understood when it is considered within t...
We question here the modalities of the relationship between an abstract structure required, where the functional or categorial heads connect with their dependent, as well as its phonological realization.In the Righthand Head Rule (RHR), Williams states (1991, 248): “In morphology, we define the head...
This paper presents the TYPALOC corpus of French Dysarthric and Healthy speech and the rationale underlying its constitution. The objective is to compare phonetic variation in the speech of dysarthric vs. healthy speakers in different speech conditions (read and unprepared speech). More precisely, w...
This talk will investigate the locus of variation in syllable boundaries in Longman Pronunciation Dictionary and the CELEX database to offer contemporary views for the variation of syllable boundaries indicated in pronouncing dictionaries. The variation of accepted clusters in word-internal boundari...
This paper presents an approach to automatic detection of syllable boundaries for Polish speech based on a phonetized text input. First, we discuss selected issues of syllable structure in Polish with a special focus on the needs of rule-based automatic insertion of syllable boundaries. We summarize...
The present study is carried out in the context of a project whose primary aim is to define the physical components that could help explainwhat makes a syllable. We examine whether phonetic factors can account for observed universal trends in syllable structure, particularly those thatprovide an exp...
This paper presents a rule-based automatic syllabification for Italian. Differently from previously proposed syllabifiers, our approach is more user-friendly since the Python algorithm includes both a Command-Line User and a Graphical User interfaces. Moreover, phonemes, classes and rules are listed...