| Presentation | 2006/11/11 Consideration on foreign language pronunciation learning with respect to structural recognition of speech Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Tazuko NISHIMURA, Kyoko SAKURABA, |
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| Abstract(in English) | In speech communication, various acoustic distortions are inevitably involved by speakers, channels, and hearers. However, infants acquire a spoken language mainly with speech samples of their mothers and fathers. They can easily solve the variability problem only with a remarkably biased speech corpus. Why and how is it possible? To answer this hard question, we already proposed a speaker-invariant structural representation of speech, called acoustic universal structure. In this report, the proposed representation is shown mathematically to be invariant with more general transformations including non-linear ones. Then, based on this representation, it will be shown that the speech recognition processes of dyslexics and autistics, often viewed as paradox, could be taken for granted. Finally, considering the proposed solution, a discussion is done about whether or not the one-dimensional visualization of speech, i.e., written language, is valid enough in foreign language learning. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Acoustic universal structure / transformation invariance / relative sense of sounds / language acquisitoin / dyslexia / autism / foreign language learning |
| Paper # | TL2006-40 |
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| Conference Date | 2006/11/11(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Consideration on foreign language pronunciation learning with respect to structural recognition of speech |
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| Keyword(1) | Acoustic universal structure |
| Keyword(2) | transformation invariance |
| Keyword(3) | relative sense of sounds |
| Keyword(4) | language acquisitoin |
| Keyword(5) | dyslexia |
| Keyword(6) | autism |
| Keyword(7) | foreign language learning |
| 1st Author's Name | Nobuaki MINEMATSU |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Grad. School of Frontier Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Tazuko NISHIMURA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Grad. School of Medicine, Univ. of Tokyo |
| 3rd Author's Name | Kyoko SAKURABA |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Kiyose-shi Welfare Center for the Handicapped |
| Date | 2006/11/11 |
| Paper # | TL2006-40 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.106 |
| Number (no) | 363 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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