SCoPE, syllable core and periphery evaluation: Automatic syllabification and foreign accent identification

摘要

In this paper we apply a study of the structure of the English language towards an automatic syllabification algo- rithm and consequently an automatic foreign accent identification system. Any word consists of syllables which can in turn be divided into this constituents. Elements within the syllable structure are defined according to both their position within the syllable and the position of the syllable within the world structure. Elements of syllable structure that only occur at morpheme boundaries or that extend for the duration of morphemes are identified as peripheral elements; those that can occur anywhere with regard to word morphology are identified as core elements.