This paper presents a study on the reduction of word-final [t]s in conversational standard Dutch. Based on a large amount of tokens annotated on the segmental level, we show that the bigram frequency and the segmental context are the main predictors for the absence of [t]s. In a second study, we present an analysis of the detailed acoustic properties of word-final [t]s and we show that bigram f...

Sociolinguistics analysis of “Freedom Writer” movie is an the variation language that used in society and cultural. The research objective to analyze differences styles by multicultural as well determine their relationship with level education cultural backgrounds. data source this Freedom Writers Richard La Gravenese, while are spoken dialogue contains word pronunciation, vocabulary selection,...

In this paper a method for generating word pronunciation networks for speech recognition is proposed. The networks incorporate different acceptable pronunciation variants for each word. These variants are determined by applying pronunciation rules to the standard pronunciation of the words. Instead of a manual search, an automatic learning procedure is used to compose a sensible set of rules. T...

Having located a misspelling, a spellchecker generally offers some suggestions for the intended word. Even without using context, a spellchecker can draw on various types of information in ordering its suggestions. A series of experiments is described, beginning with a basic corrector that implements a well known algorithm for reversing single simple errors, and making successive enhancements t...

This paper proposes an English speech recognition system which can recognize both non-native (i.e. Japanese) and native English speakers’ pronunciation of English speech. The system uses a bilingual pronunciation lexicon in which each word has both English and Japanese phoneme transcriptions. The Japanese transcription is constructed considering typical Japanese pronunciation of English. Japane...

In light of the fact that L2 pronunciation errors are often caused by the transfer of well-established L1 sound systems, this paper examines some of the outstanding phonological differences between Persian and English. Comparing segmental and supra-segmental aspects of both languages, this study also discusses several problematic areas of pronunciation facing Iranian learners of English. To rea...

The present study examines the relative impact of segments and intonation on accentedness, comprehensibility, and intelligibility, specifically investigating the separate contribution of segmental and intonational information to perceived foreign accent in Korean-accented English. Two English speakers and two Korean speakers recorded 40 English sentences. The sentences were manipulated by combi...

Most contemporary linguists adopt a sixover nine-tone system in Cantonese. This study confirmed the psychological validity of the sixtone system through Cantonese speakers’ knowledge of Mandarin tone pronunciations using a Mandarin pinyin transcription task. There are pronunciation relationships between Cantonese and Mandarin at the lexical level and previous studies have shown that Cantonese s...