Rapid entrainment to spontaneous speech: A comparison of oscillator models
نویسندگان
چکیده
Oscillator models may be used for modeling synchrony between gestures and speech, or timing of backchanneling and turn-taking in dialogues. We find support for the hypothesis that oscillator networks can better predict rhythmic events on the syllable and foot level than single oscillators, but we do not find support for the hypothesis that phase resetting oscillators perform better that phase adapting oscillators. Overall, oscillators can be used to predict rhythmic events in speech, but higher level information needs to be integrated into such models to reach a satisfactory performance.
منابع مشابه
A Comparison between Three Methods of Language Sampling: Freeplay, Narrative Speech and Conversation
Objectives: The spontaneous language sample analysis is an important part of the language assessment protocol. Language samples give us useful information about how children use language in the natural situations of daily life. The purpose of this study was to compare Conversation, Freeplay, and narrative speech in aspects of Mean Length of Utterance (MLU), Type-token ratio (TTR), and the numbe...
متن کاملEntrainment of noise-induced and limit cycle oscillators under weak noise.
Theoretical models that describe oscillations in biological systems are often either a limit cycle oscillator, where the deterministic nonlinear dynamics gives sustained periodic oscillations, or a noise-induced oscillator, where a fixed point is linearly stable with complex eigenvalues, and addition of noise gives oscillations around the fixed point with fluctuating amplitude. We investigate h...
متن کاملA Dynamic Approach to Rhythm in Language: toward a Temporal Phonology 1 the Description of Language 1.1 Dynamic and Symbolic Models of Language
It is proposed that the theory of dynamical systems ooers appropriate tools to model many phonological aspects of both speech production and perception. A dynamic account of speech rhythm is shown to be useful for description of both Japanese mora timing and English timing in a phrase repetition task. This orientation contrasts fundamentally with the more familiar symbolic approach to phonology...
متن کاملWh-Questions\' Expression in Persian-speaking Children: A Comparison Between Spontaneous and Elicited Probes
Objectives: Studies have shown that most children before the age of 5 are capable to comprehend and express wh-questions in daily conversations. This study aimed at comparing the ability of wh-questions’ production in 4- to 6-year-old children in spontaneous and elicited conditions. Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 4- to 6-year-old Persian-speaking children (N = 72) were selected r...
متن کاملEntrainment maps: A new tool for understanding properties of circadian oscillator models
Circadian oscillators found across a variety of species are subject to periodic external light-dark forcing. Entrainment to light-dark cycles enables the circadian system to align biological functions with appropriate times of day or night. Phase response curves (PRCs) have been used for decades to gain valuable insights into entrainment, however PRCs may not accurately describe entrainment to ...
متن کامل