PPT-Study of Word-Level Accent Classification and Gender Factors

Xing Wang Peihong Guo Tian Lan Guoyu Fu CSCE 666 Term Project Presentation Dec 11th 2013 Background Motivation Accent RecognitionAR helps improve Speech Recognition system and Speaker Identification system . CS 424P/ LINGUIST 287. Extracting Social Meaning and Sentiment. 1/5/07. Lecture 4: Speech and Prosody. Outline. Articulatory Phonetics. Acoustic Phonetics. Prosody. Pitch Accents. Disfluencies. 1/5/07. Youssef. SOUINI . The Jamaican accent adopts words and structure from Jamaican Patois, a language that combines words from English, Patois and several West African languages. The language does not differentiate between a subject and object and it does not have a subject-verb agreement. It is an accent that is commonly heard in reggae and Creole music and is ubiquitous across the isle of Jamaica.. á. é í ó ú. First, it’s important to review how to pronounce words in Spanish.. Just think of your name. There is a correct way to pronounce it.. For example, if your name is . Judy. , you would stress the first syllable quite naturally.. (Free Weekly Workshop). Coach Mike. Every Wednesday 10PM . Eastern Time. Virtual classroom https://zoom.us/j/8782712588 . © Speak to Lead, LLC. Take the two-hour per class, ten-week accent reduction program at $350, . Before: Exposed Tree Stump. After: Accent Boulder. Diacritic Accents. Diacritic accents differentiate the meaning . of pairs of words . that . are spelled the same and sound . the . same. . The diacritic accent . on one of the words gives that . word a different grammar function and meaning. Learning the differences in function and meaning of words with diacritic accents can . Spanish?. ¿Es un acento o . mató . otra mosca Andrew?. Stress:. Everybody has it and every word with more than one syllable has it.. 3 BASIC RULES:. Best to memorize these. 1 – . If a word ends in a vowel, or 'n' or 's', the stress is usually on the next to the last syllable. EILEEN . fiNN. Concordia University . Problem of practice. Strong accents can hinder a person’s chance for high-status positions in certain fields.. Relevance. . Stereotypes regarding ethnicity are enforced with strong accents. . Yalda. . Ahmadvand. Aging is an unavoidable fact of human nature. Decline in physical abilities. The effect of age on learning new skills. Decline of abilities in second language learning, based on different presupposition. ajk. SCHOOLING FOR LIFE. ACCENTS . in Gospel teaching. “. Christians are . at the same time. . both sinners and righteous. .”. “. They are perfectly whole in hope,. Clyne 2012. Pronunciation. Pronunciation is easy once you memorize the rules…. 1. If a word has an accent mark, stress the marked vowel. (So easy, right?). pronunciation. 2. If a word is not accented with an accent mark, the stress goes on the last syllable, unless. Los . Acentos. Mrs. O. Pacheco. Spanish II. SPANISH ACCENTS SUMMARY . Every word has a . stressed . syllable . (. sílaba. . tónica. ). For example, the word . espa. ñol. stresses the last syllable. . ACCENTS IN FRENCH Learning objective: To be able to understand accents: Why we use them How we use them WHAT ARE ACCENTS? * In French, accents are used with the vowels: a, e, i, o, u . has. . as. . many. . syllables. . as. . it. . has. . vowels. . or. . diphthongs. .. In. . Latin. . syllables. . are. . usually. . counted. . from. . the. . end. . of. a . word. (from the right to the left).