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Across-Language Perspective on Speech Information Rate

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ID2964167
AuthorsFrançois Pellegrino (0000-0002-6456-1953), Christophe Coupé (0000-0002-3323-9742), Egidio Marsico
Year2011
Volume87
Issue3
Pages539-558
Publication date2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.2011.0057
OpenAlexW2026356512
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited65

This article is a crosslinguistic investigation of the hypothesis that the average information rate conveyed during speech communication results from a trade-off between average information density and speech rate. The study, based on seven languages, shows a negative correlation between density and rate, indicating the existence of several encoding strategies. However, these strategies do not necessarily lead to a constant information rate. These results are further investigated in relation to the notion of syllabic complexity

Constant (computer programming) · Correlation · Encoding (memory) · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical) · Relation (database) · Speech recognition · Syllabic verse · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Mathematics · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology

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