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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795211303321

Autore

Hönig Florian

Titolo

Automatic assessment of prosody in second language learning / / Florian Hönig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Logos Verlag, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

3-8325-9263-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Studien zur Mustererkennung

Disciplina

418.0076

Soggetti

Second language acquisition - Ability. testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

PublicationDate: 20171123

Sommario/riassunto

Long description: Worldwide there is a universal need for second language language learning. It is obvious that the computer can be a great help for this, especially when equipped with methods for automatically assessing the learner's pronunciation. While assessment of segmental pronunciation quality  (i. ,e. whether phones and words are pronounced correctly or not) is already available in commercial software packages, prosody (i.e. rhythm, word accent, etc.) is largely ignored---although it highly impacts intelligibility and listening effort.  The present thesis contributes to closing this gap by developing and analyzing methods for automatically assessing the prosody of non-native speakers. We study the detection of word accent errors and the general assessment of the appropriateness of a speaker's rhythm. We propose a flexible, generic approach that is (a) very successful on these tasks, (b) competitive to other state-of-the-art result, and at the same time (c) flexible and easily adapted to new tasks.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254180103321

Titolo

Advances in Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure : Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA / / edited by Jerzy Charytonowicz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-41941-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 149 p. 64 illus., 48 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, , 2194-5365 ; ; 493

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Computational intelligence

Engineering design

Sustainability

Architecture

Buildings

Urban economics

Computational Intelligence

Engineering Design

Building Types and Functions

Urban Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with human factors research directed towards realizing and assessing sustainability in the built environment. It reports on advanced engineering methods for sustainable infrastructure design, as well as on assessments of the efficient methods and the social, environmental, and economic impact of various designs and projects. The book covers a range of topics, including the use of recycled materials in architecture, ergonomics in buildings and public design, sustainable design for smart cities, design for the aging population, industrial design, human scale in architecture, and many more. Based



on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure, held on July 27-31, 2016, in Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA, this book, by showing different perspectives on sustainability and ergonomics, represents a useful source of information for designers in general, urban engineers, architects, infrastructure professionals, practitioners, public infrastructure owners, policy makers, government engineers and planners, as well as operations managers, and academics active in applied research.