Browsing Centre for Language and Communication Studies (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Speech Technology for Minority Languages: the Case of Irish (Gaelic)
(2006)Abstract?Unit selection is a data-driven approach to speech synthesis that concatenates pieces of recorded speech from a large database in order to create novel sentences. Many corpora are available in the English ... -
Students' views and experiences of the training and use of phonetic transcription in speech and language therapy: the Irish perspective
(2021)Phonetic transcription is an essential skill for a practising speech and language therapist (SLT) required during the assessment, diagnosis and management of clients with speech difficulties. It is vital that appropriate ... -
A system for generating voice source signals that implements the transformed LF-model parameter control
(2023)This paper describes a system which fully implements the transformed LF glottal flow model, incorporating also the often-overlooked k-factors. A problem with the original proposal is that the global waveshape parameter ... -
Text Recognition for Nepalese Manuscripts in Pracalit Script
(2022)This dataset is a model for handwritten text recognition (HTR) of Sanskrit and Newar Nepalese manuscripts in Pracalit script. This paper introduces the state of the field in Newar literature, Newar manuscripts, and HTR ... -
Three Leaps of Faith and Four Giant Steps: Developing Interpreter Training in Ireland
(2008)This chapter documents the relatively recent introduction and development of interpreter training in Ireland. The first interpreters graduated with a Diploma in ISL/English Interpreting in 1994, and interpreter training ... -
Tibetan *-as > -os
(2016)Both Jacques (2010) and Zeisler (2015) propose explanations for the synchronically unexpected past zos of the Tibetan verb 'eat'. After evaluating their proposals, this essay suggests that zos is the regular outcome of ... -
Tibetan zero nominalization
(2019)Several researchers draw attention to the ability of Tibeto-Burman languages to use nominalized verb forms in finite contexts (Matisoff 1972, Coupe, ed. 2008, DeLancey 2011), but the reverse pattern—morphologically finite ... -
Time- and amplitude-based voice source correlates of emotional portrayals
(Springer, 2007)A detailed analysis of glottal source parameters is presented for emotional portrayals which included both low and high activation states: neutral, bored, sad, and happy, surprised, angry. Time- and amplitude-based glottal ... -
Tonal alignment in three varieties of Hiberno-English
(ISCA, 2009)This pilot study investigates the tonal alignment of pre-nuclear (PN) and nuclear (N) accents in three Hiberno-English (HE) regional varieties: Dublin, Drogheda, and Donegal English. The peak alignment is investigated ... -
TOWARDS BLENDED LEARNING FOR DEAF STUDIES AT THIRD LEVEL IN IRELAND
(2009)Irish Sign Language (ISL), an indigenous language of Ireland, is recognized by the EU as a natural language. It is a language separate from the other languages used in Ireland, including English, Irish, and, in Northern ... -
Transformation of LF parameters for speech synthesis of emotion: regression trees
(ISCA, 2008)This paper outlines an approach to modelling the dynamics of voice source parameters as observed in the analysis of emotional portrayals, by a male speaker of Hiberno-English. The emotions portrayed were happy, angry, ... -
Two notes on Proto-Ersuic
(2022)This paper looks at the history of Tosu using 'forward reconstruction'. It concludes that Proto-Ersuic changed *-im to *-am already before its breakup as a unity, but the ‘brightening’ of *-a- to -i- took place independently ... -
Universal and language-specific perception of affect from voice
(2011)This paper outlines the general results of a cross-language study of perception of affect from voice. The study aims to clarify how variations in voice quality (in synthesized stimuli) can evoke different affective coloring ... -
Using Chinese Character Formation Graphs to Test Proposals in Chinese Historical Phonology
(Brill, 2020)This paper proposes the use of network techniques in the exploration of Old Chinese phonology as reflected in the phonophoric determinatives of xiéshēng 諧聲 characters. We use the approach to examine five specific proposals ... -
Using listening journals to raise awareness of Global Englishes in ELT
(2014)With the increasing use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), it is no longer appropriate to associate English purely with ‘native-speaking’ nations, but with a global community of users. This article reports on the use of ... -
Using phonetic feature extraction to determine optimal speech regions for maximising the effectiveness of glottal source analysis
(2013)Parameterisation of the glottal source has become increasingly useful for speech technology. For many applications it may be desirable to restrict the glottal source feature data to only speech regions where it can be ...