Essays about: "Ellen Marklund"

Found 2 essays containing the words Ellen Marklund.

1. 1. Fundamental frequency as basis for speech segmentation modeling

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för fonetik

   Author : Ellen Marklund; [2011]
   Keywords : Speech segmentation modeling; first language acquisition; fundamental frequency;

   Abstract : The present study investigates the relevance of fundamental frequency in speech segmentation models intended to simulate infants. Speech from three different conditions (infant-directed speech to 3- and 12-month-olds, and adult-directed speech) was segmented based on fundamental frequency information, using a variant of the dpn-gram segmenting technique (highlighting similar segments as lexical candidates). READ MORE

3. 2. Infants' ability to form verb-action associations

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för fonetik

   Author : Ellen Marklund; [2008]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Four- to eight-month-old infants (n=56) were examined on their ability to acquire verb meaning. In a visual preference procedure they were tested on their ability to form verb-action associations by detecting the correlation between auditory speech stimuli and actions presented in short movie clips on a screen. READ MORE