Confusability in L2 vowels. Analyzing the role of different features
M. Jani,Catia Cucchiarini,R.W.N.M. van Hout,Helmer Strik +3 more
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The paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, 6 september 2015 explored the role of language impairment in speech communication and the role that language impairment has in shaping public perceptions.Abstract:
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Figure 4: LRM of learners based on normalized formant frequencies. DiagAvg = 0.48 
Figure 3: LRM of native speakers based on normalized formant frequencies and duration. DiagAvg = 0.92 
Figure 2: LRM of the native speakers based on normalized formant frequencies. DiagAvg = 0.86 
Figure 1: native Dutch (solid) and native (dashed) vowel ellipses displaying the normalized (Lobanov) F1 (y-axis) and F2 (x-axis) details, see section 2. 
Figure 5: LRM of learners based on normalized formant frequencies and duration. DiagAvg = 0.55
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Patterns of learner variation in Spanish accented Dutch
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the pronunciation problems of adult Spanish learners of Dutch, and their possible sources, as well as to find out how well native Dutch listeners perceive Spanish-accented Dutch pronunciation, in terms of intelligibility.
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The Phonology of Dutch
TL;DR: The sounds of Dutch: Phonetic characterization and phonological representation 3. The prosodic structure of words 4. Word phonology 5. Word stress 6. Connected speech I: word phonology 7. Sentence phonology 8. Cliticization 9. Orthography
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Phone-level pronunciation scoring and assessment for interactive language learning
Silke M. Witt,Steve Young +1 more
TL;DR: The experimental results suggest that a likelihood-based pronunciation scoring metric can achieve usable performance, especially after applying the various enhancements.
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The sounds of Spanish
TL;DR: The main classes of Spanish speech sounds are: Consonants and vowels, the syllable, the plosives, the affricates, the Nasals, and the main morphophonological alternations as discussed by the authors.