ONT: Speech Communication.

Abstract

All human languages show certain common properties which reflect the underlying common genetic coding for acoustic communication in the human species. The semantic code of a spoken language consists of perceptual units of individual sound, the smallest of which are presently considered to be vowels and consonants. These units are organized in hierarchical fashion into syllables, words and sentences. The productions and perception of the speech code are both based on certain articulatory shapes and movements of the vocal tract. One property of language which is now considered universal is the use of nasalized sounds interspersed with oral sounds to transmit the speech code. The number of nasalized sounds important to this speech code, and the degree to which they are nasalized, may vary greatly from language to language.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 27, 1987
Accession Number
ADA177938

Entities

People

  • Leslie A. Wheeler

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Boundaries
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Condiments
  • Continents
  • Databases
  • French Language
  • Frequency
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Speech
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology