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MAS.632 Conversational Computer Systems - MIT OpenCourseWare

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Contents<br />

Speaking of Talk xvii<br />

Preface xvii<br />

Acknowledgments xxi<br />

Introduction 1<br />

Chapter 1. Speech as Communication 5<br />

SPEECH AS CONVERSATION 6<br />

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF CONVERSATION 8<br />

REPRESENTATIONS OF SPEECH 12<br />

Acoustic Representations 12<br />

PHONEMES AND SYLLABLES 14<br />

Phonemes 14<br />

Syllables 17<br />

Other Representations 17<br />

SUMMARY 18<br />

Chapter 2. Speech Production and Perception 19<br />

VOCAL TRACT

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