Reading
Carr – English Phonetics and Phonology: An Introduction – Ch 5 – The Phonemic Principle
Takes you from phonetics (which is about sound) to phonology (which is about mental representation and organisation into categories).
Jurafsky & Martin – Section 3.1 – English Morphology
In speech technology for English, little or no use is made of morphology. But for other languages, it is essential.
Jurafsky & Martin (2nd ed) – Section 8.2 – Phonetic Analysis
Each word in the normalised text needs a pronunciation. Most words will be found in the dictionary, but for the remainder we must predict pronunciation from spelling.
Jurafsky & Martin (2nd ed) – Section 8.3 – Prosodic Analysis
Beyond getting the phones right, we also need to consider other aspects of speech such as intonation and pausing.
Taylor – Chapter 8 – Pronunciation
Including how the lexicon is stored, letter-to-sound, and compressing the lexicon.
Cho & Ladefoged – Variation and universals in VOT: evidence from 18 languages
Voice onset time (VOT) is known to vary with place of articulation.
Vaux & Samuels – Explaining vowel systems: dispersion theory vs natural selection
Cross-linguistic distribution of vowel systems
Jurafsky & Martin – Section 3.2 – Finite-State Morphological Parsing
Automatic morphological decomposition of written words is possible. However, this section does not consider the added complication of deriving a pronunciation.
Jurafsky & Martin – Section 3.3 – Construction of a Finite-State Lexicon
A lexicon can be representing using different data structures (finite state network, tree, lookup table,...), depending on the application.
Peterson & Barney – Control Methods Used in a Study of the Vowels
Examines the performance of both speakers and listeners. A classic paper!