Coarticulation Theory, Data and Techniques [Hardcover]

Covers the experimental techniques used for investigating coarticulation, the experimental findings, and the theoretical background.Coarticulation means the overlapping gestures which occur during the pronunciation of any sequence of speech sounds. This topic in the science of phonetics provides a challenge to speech production theory as well as to various projects in the field of speech technology, including that of building a natural sounding speech synthesiser.The 18 chapters of this book cover the experimental techniques used for investigating the phenomenon, the experimental findings to date, and the theoretical background.Coarticulation means the overlapping gestures which occur during the pronunciation of any sequence of speech sounds. This topic in the science of phonetics provides a challenge to speech production theory as well as to various projects in the field of speech technology, including that of building a natural sounding speech synthesiser.The 18 chapters of this book cover the experimental techniques used for investigating the phenomenon, the experimental findings to date, and the theoretical background.Coarticulation means the overlapping gestures that occur during the pronunciation of any sequence of speech sounds. This topic in the science of phonetics provides a challenge to speech production theory as well as to various projects in the field of speech technology, including that of building a natural sounding speech synthesizer. The eighteen chapters in this book cover the experimental techniques used for investigating the phenomenon, the experimental findings to date, and the theoretical background.List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction William J. Hardcastle and Nigel Hewlett; Part I. Theories and Models: 1. The origin of coarticulation Barbara K?hnert and Francis Nolan; 2. Coarticulation models in recent speech production theories Edda Farnetani and Daniel Recasens; Part II. Research Results: Clc¿