?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Revisiting+the+Status+of+Speech+Rhythm&rft.creator=Zellner+Keller%2C+Dr.+Brigitte&rft.subject=Speech&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.description=Text-to-Speech+synthesis+offers+an+interesting+manner+of+synthesising+various+knowledge+components+related+to+speech+production.+To+a+certain+extent%2C+it+provides+a+new+way+of+testing+the+coherence+of+our+understanding+of+speech+production+in+a+highly+systematic+manner.+For+example%2C+speech+rhythm+and+temporal+organisation+of+speech+have+to+be+well-captured+in+order+to+mimic+a+speaker+correctly.%0AThe+simulation+approach+used+in+our+laboratory+for+two+languages+supports+our+original+hypothesis+of+multidimensionality+and+non-linearity+in+the+production+of+speech+rhythm.+This+paper+presents+an+overview+of+our+approach+towards+this+issue%2C+as+it+has+been+developed+over+the+last+years.%0AWe+conceive+the+production+of+speech+rhythm+as+a+multidimensional+task%2C+and+the+temporal+organisation+of+speech+as+a+key+component+of+this+task+(i.e.%2C+the+establishment+of+temporal+boundaries+and+durations).+As+a+result+of+this+multidimensionality%2C+text-to-speech+systems+have+to+accommodate+a+number+of+systematic+transformations+and+computations+at+various+levels.+Our+model+of+the+temporal+organisation+of+read+speech+in+French+and+German+emerges+from+a+combination+of+quantitative+and+qualitative+parameters%2C+organised+according+to+psycholinguistic+and+linguistic+structures.+(An+ideal+speech+synthesiser+would+also+take+into+account+subphonemic+as+well+as+pragmatic+parameters.+However+such+systems+are+not+yet+available).%0A&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2992%2F1%2FBZK.SP2002.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zellner+Keller%2C+Dr.+Brigitte++(2002)+Revisiting+the+Status+of+Speech+Rhythm.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2992%2F