Modeling motor pattern generation in the development of infant speech production
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Ian | |
dc.contributor.author | Messum, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-22T12:42:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-22T12:42:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15032 | |
dc.description.abstract |
We previously proposed a non-imitative account of learning to pronounce, implemented computationally using discovery and mirrored interaction with a caregiver. Our model used an infant vocal tract synthesizer and its articulators were driven by a simple motor system. During an initial phase, motor patterns develop that represent potentially useful speech sounds. To increase the realism of this model we now include some of the constraints imposed by speech breathing. We also implement a more sophisticated motor system. Firstly, this can independently control articulator movement over different timescales, which is necessary to effectively control respiration as well as prosody. Secondly, we implement a two-tier hierarchical representation of motor patterns so that more complex patterns can be built up from simpler sub-units. We show that our model can learn different onset times and durations for articulator movements and synchronize its respiratory cycle with utterance production. Finally we show that the model can pronounce utterances composed of sequences of speech sounds. | |
dc.format.extent | 165-168 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Modeling motor pattern generation in the development of infant speech production | |
dc.type | conference | |
dc.type | Conference Proceeding | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Proceedings of ISSP 2008 - 8th International Seminar on Speech Production | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA11 Computer Science and Informatics | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
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rioxxterms.type | Conference Paper/Proceeding/Abstract |