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  1. 1. Mining Speech Sounds : Machine Learning Methods for Automatic Speech Recognition and Analysis

    Författare :Giampiero Salvi; Björn Granström; Torbjørn Svendsen; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; speech; machine learning; data mining; signal processing; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis collects studies on machine learning methods applied to speech technology and speech research problems. The six research papers included in this thesis are organised in three main areas. The first group of studies were carried out within the European project Synface. LÄS MER

  2. 2. The /k/s, the /t/s, and the inbetweens : Novel approaches to examining the perceptual consequences of misarticulated speech

    Författare :Sofia Strömbergsson; David House; Åsa Wengelin; Benjamin Munson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; speech perception; speech disorders; speech synthesis; speech analysis; Tal- och musikkommunikation; Speech and Music Communication;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises investigations of the perceptual consequences of children’s misarticulated speech – as perceived by clinicians, by everyday listeners, and by the children themselves. By inviting methods from other areas to the study of speech disorders, this work demonstrates some successful cases of cross-fertilization. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Dilemmas in child custody disputes : the child's best interest in courtroom discourse

    Författare :Henrik Ingrids; Karin Aronsson; Lucas Gottzén; Jonathan Potter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child custody disputes; discursive psychology; conversation analysis; institutional talk; interactional dilemmas; reported speech; reported affect; blame allocations; social accounts; membership categories; gendered categories; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines courtroom interactions involving child custody disputes, exploring how participants during courtroom hearings orient to and manage the task of presenting their own side, while contesting the opposing party, in matters like the child’s best interest, domestic violence, parental neglect and misconduct. Drawing on 42 audio-recorded courtroom examinations of litigating parents by the same side and opponent side attorneys, it examines authentic courtroom hearings. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Barn och djur i den karnofallogocentriska ordningen : En barndomsfilosofisk studie i Jacques Derridas tänkande

    Författare :Anette Kristensson; Lucas Gottzén; David Payne; Jonna Bornemark; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; child; animal; carnophallogocentrism; deconstruction; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyzes the concepts of the child and the animal at the border of the definition of human. This is achieved through an interdisciplinary perspective that combines childhood philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and critical animal studies. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Articulation Rate and Surprisal in Swedish Child-Directed Speech

    Författare :Johan Sjons; Mats Wirén; Robert Östling; Iris-Corinna Schwarz; Francisco Lacerda; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; articulation rate; information-theoretic surprisal; child-directed speech; final lengthening; spontaneous; longitudinal;

    Sammanfattning : Child-directed speech (CDS) differs from adult-directed speech (ADS) in several respects whose possible facilitating effects for language acquisition are still being studied. One such difference concerns articulation rate --- the number of linguistic units by the number of time units, excluding pauses --- which has been shown to be generally lower than in ADS. LÄS MER