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CSLI Calendar, 29 March, vol. 5:21

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29 March 1990                     Stanford                     Vol. 5, No. 21
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    A weekly publication of the Center for the Study of Language and
Information (CSLI), Ventura Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4115
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	   CSLI ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT THURSDAY, 5 APRIL 1990

12:00 noon		TINLunch
      Cordura 100	Variation Across a Population of American
			English Speakers
			Meg Withgott and Francine Chen
			(withgott.pa@xerox.com)
			Abstract below
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			 NEXT WEEK'S TINLUNCH
      Variation Across a Population of American English Speakers
		    Meg Withgott and Francine Chen

The observation that the patterning of speech sounds is sensitive to
context is central to the analysis of spoken language.  Among the
contexts we have modeled computationally are suprasegmental
environments such as syllable stress and position in a suprasyllabic
unit called the foot.  We investigated the relationship of such
contexts with sound patterns in a large collection of spoken American
English utterances.  Given the controversial stature of such entities
in the speech and parts of the linguistic communities, our finding
that many of these factors are significant predictors of pronunciation
is of theoretical interest.  At the same time, we find it enables us to
create better models for both speech recognition and synthesis.
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		   SEMINAR ON THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE
			   Julius Moravcsik
		      (julius@csli.stanford.edu)
		      Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
			     Cordura 104

Julius Moravcsik will hold a seminar on his recently published book
_Thought and Language_.  The first meeting is on Wednesday, 4 April.
Abstract to be announced.
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