Exploiting statistical characteristics of word sequences for the e cient coding of speech
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Characteristics of natural language can be illumi nated through the application of well known tools in Information Theory This paper shows how some of these characteristics can be exploited in the devel opment of automated speech and language process ing applications The explicit representation of dis continuities in a temporal sequence of sounds such as pauses in speech can be utilized to improve the transmission of information Arguments based on comparative entropy measures are used
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