Mathematical Models for Speech Technology presents the motivations for, intuitions behind, and basic mathematical models of natural spoken language communication.

A comprehensive overview is given of all aspects of the problem from the physics of speech production through the hierarchy of linguistic structure and ending with some observations on language and mind.

Mathematical Models for Speech Technology comprehensively explores the argument that these modern technologies are actually the most extensive compilations of linguistic knowledge available.

Throughout the book, the emphasis is on placing all the material in a mathematically coherent and computationally tractable framework that captures linguistic structure.

Mathematical Models for Speech Technology presents material that appears nowhere else and gives a unification of formalisms and perspectives used by linguists and engineers.

Its unique features include a coherent nomenclature that emphasizes the deep connections amongst the diverse mathematical models and explores the methods by means of which they capture linguistic structure.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Preliminaries
3. Mathematical models of linguistic structure
4. Syntactic analysis
5. Grammatical inference
6. Information-theoretic analysis of speech communication
7. Automatic speech recognition and constructive theories of language
8. Automatic speech understanding and semantics
9. Theories of mind and language
10. A speculation on the prospects for a science of mind

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