?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Pauses+and+the+temporal+structure+of+speech&rft.creator=Zellner%2C+Brigitte&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.description=Natural-sounding+speech+synthesis+requires+close+control+over+the+temporal+structure+of+the+speech+flow.+This+includes+a+full+predictive+scheme+for+the+durational+structure+and+in+particuliar+the+prolongation+of+final+syllables+of+lexemes+as+well+as+for+the+pausal+structure+in+the+utterance.+In+this+chapter%2C+a+description+of+the+temporal+structure+and+the+summary+of+the+numerous+factors+that+modify+it+are+presented.+In+the+second+part%2C+predictive+schemes+for+the+temporal+structure+of+speech+(%22performance+structures%22)+are+introduced%2C+and+their+potential+for+characterising+the+overall+prosodic+structure+of+speech+is+demonstrated.&rft.publisher=John+Wiley&rft.contributor=Keller%2C+Eric&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F884%2F3%2FZellner.SpeechPauses.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zellner%2C+Brigitte++(1994)+Pauses+and+the+temporal+structure+of+speech.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F884%2F