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David M. Carter
Researcher at University of Cambridge
Publications - 9
Citations - 973
David M. Carter is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Syllable & Natural language. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications receiving 935 citations.
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The predominance of strong initial syllables in the English vocabulary
Anne Cutler,David M. Carter +1 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that approximately 85% of lexical words (i.e. excluding function words) will begin with strong syllables, and a strategy of postulating word boundaries at the onset of strong syllable would have a high success rate in that few actual lexical word onsets would be missed.
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The structure of the isophotes of elliptical galaxies
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The Derivation of a Grammatically Indexed Lexicon from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TL;DR: A methodology and associated software system for the construction of a large lexicon from an existing machine-readable (published) dictionary and the utility of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English as a suitable source dictionary for the target lexicon is evaluated.
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An information-theoretic analysis of phonetic dictionary access
TL;DR: It is argued that the evaluation criteria used to date in such studies are inappropriate, and it is shown that many of the resulting claims are misleading and that there is in fact no reason to expect a recognition strategy of the type suggested to be particularly fruitful.
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A multi-purpose interface to an on-line dictionary
TL;DR: The mounting of the machine-readable source of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English on a single user workstation is described to make it available as a development tool for a number of research projects.