this paper we address the issue of pronunciation model- ing for conversational speech synthesis. We experiment with two different HMM topologies (fully connected state model and forward connected state model) for sub-phonetic model- ing to capture the deletion and insertion of sub-phonetic states during speech production process. We show that the experi- mented HMM topologies have higher log likelihood than the traditional 5-state sequential model. We also study the first and second mentions of
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Throughout Hamlet’s ordeal‚ he must interact with many people. Each interaction poses several possible ways to act‚ because of his obsessive nature‚ he often chose to sacrifice relationships in order to accomplish other goals and feel better about his situation. Many times‚ Hamlet could have tried to confront people concerning the way they were acting‚ but instead chose to ignore their existence‚ or in more extreme cases‚ end their existence. I can’t stress enough how different the situation could
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BAD LEADERSHIP What It Is‚ How It Happens‚ Why It Matters By Barbara Kellerman Page 1 The book is all about the dark side of leadership and how you individuals get there and what we can do to avoid it. She suggests that leaders do not act alone and are not solely responsible for bad leaderships. There is no leadership without followship. If followers would just not follow a bad leader we could put a stop to the bad leadership. She has two main arguments throughout the book. The first
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Prayer Role Model Essay - Dalai Lama For the last decades‚ two world wars within fifty years and countless terrorist attacks‚ genocides all over the globe creates one of the bloodiest era in human history. Due to the violence‚ competitive human nature‚ most individuals nowadays are controlled by the pace and pressure of society‚ hence‚ impotent to achieve inner peace‚ “a state of harmony‚ the absence of hostility” (Self Growth). However‚ a few were able to successfully manage a peaceful mentality
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Internet brings people closer Not long ago‚ the Internet was decried by dissidents of the online revolution as a threat to society‚ sure to split families‚ fracture friendships and turn users into computer crazed geeks. That is not how things are unfolding‚ according to a new survey which has found that far from driving people apart‚ new tools for email‚ online phone calls‚ webcams and instant messaging are bringing them closer. The Pew Internet and American Life project research‚ one of the
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Bad-Bad Words Der’rik Hardin Psych 326 December 1‚ 2012 Dr. Hennon Bad-Bad Words The goal of this paper is to conduct a series of research on curse words‚ their meanings‚ and a brief history of profanity. I also intend to show that curse words are deemed acceptable in certain social situations in the American culture. To begin we must define semantic. Semantics is a branch of linguistics that deals with the study of meaning‚ changes in meaning‚ and the principles that govern the relationship
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Justin Perales Professor Hoke English 1301 4-16-2013 Role Models In professional sports today‚ there are thousands of professional athletes. Some have more fame than others and have varying levels of influence on young children throughout the world. It is important for all athletes to realize that they are role models. Also to reflect a positive character to the youth around the world. Athletes tend to do things in a selfish manner‚ not realizing that they have thousands of kids following their
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explains‚ “I was not the first to look at the relationship between beauty and economic outcomes‚ that’s an old topic. I was however‚ the first to examine it using a nationally representative sample of adults and to do so in the context of economic models of the determination of earnings.”(4) He found that attractive people are typically hired sooner‚ get promotions more quickly‚ and are paid more than their less-attractive coworkers. Studies have shown that beautiful people have the advantage
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July 2010‚ Volume 8‚ No.7 (Serial No.82) US-China Foreign Language‚ ISSN1539-8080‚ USA (De)constructing humour across languages and genres Sara Laviosa (English Language and Translation‚ University of Bari (Aldo Moro)‚ Bari 70125‚ Italy) Abstract: In Western societies‚ humour appears in many different communicative events‚ and is variedly expressed through words‚ pictures‚ sounds and body language. Humour is peculiar in that it is creative‚ compelling and culture-specific‚ and produces
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Led Zeppelin‚ ‘Bring it On Home’ Led Zeppelin’s ‘Bring it on Home’ was released in 1969 as the somewhat monstrous concluding track of their album ‘Led Zeppelin 2’. Led Zeppelin are undoubtedly one of the most legendary and most famous rock bands in history; created by the former member of the yard birds Jimmy Page in 1968‚ the band have sold 111.5 million certified units in the US and over 200 million records worldwide. At the closing of this decade‚ a time when the prominent racial segregation
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