Aligning phonetic segments for children's articulation assessment

  • Authors:
  • Harold L. Somers

  • Affiliations:
  • UMIST

  • Venue:
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

In a recent paper published in this journal (Covington 1996), an algorithm is described which aligns segments within a pair of words for the purpose of identifying historical cognates. This algorithm could have a further application in the field of speech therapy, and in particular in the practice of articulation assessment of young children. The present author developed a similar algorithm some years ago for this purpose. In this paper, we explore some points of comparison between the two applications.