Undergraduate Instructional Laboratory in Phonetics and Speech Science

语音学和言语科学本科教学实验室

• 批准号: 9651405
• 负责人: Kim Wilcox
• 金额: $ 8.5万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9651405&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Instructional; Laboratory; Phonetics; Speech

The widespread availability of economical, digital technology is changing how society views machines and communication. In the future, work in speech recognition and analysis will be an essential component of person-machine interaction. Thus, in the coming years, successful phonetics scientists and engineers will need to understand and appreciate speech production and speech acoustics. Traditionally, engineers have had limited instruction in speech production, while those studying linguistics and speech production have had limited training in speech acoustics. This project addresses these needs by developing an undergraduate phonetics laboratory. The laboratory serves as the basis for three new courses: an introductory lecture course, an introductory laboratory course, and an upper-level undergraduate analysis course. A key feature of this project is the expansion of an existing collaboration with Haskell Indian Nations University. The Department of Speech-Language-Hearing has been operating the Native American Training Program (NATP) in collaboration with Haskell. This project builds on that collaboration by expanding instruction in basic science. In addition to cross-listing courses at both universities, this project is developing laboratory assignments that utilize both English and Native American language materials. These materials are being developed by NATP students working with faculty from the Department of Linguistics who have expertise in Native languages. This cross-cultural collaboration holds great promise for recruitment of Native American students into science-related careers.

经济数字技术的广泛应用正在改变社会对机器和通信的看法。未来，语音识别和分析工作将成为人机交互的重要组成部分。因此，在未来几年，成功的语音科学家和工程师将需要理解和欣赏语音产生和语音声学。传统上，工程师在语音产生方面接受的指导很有限，而那些研究语言学和语音产生的人在语音声学方面接受的培训也很有限。该项目通过建立本科生语音实验室来满足这些需求。该实验室是三门新课程的基础：入门讲座课程、入门实验室课程和高级本科分析课程。 该项目的一个主要特点是扩大与哈斯克尔印第安民族大学的现有合作。言语-语言-听力系一直在与 Haskell 合作运营美洲原住民培训计划 (NATP)。该项目以这种合作为基础，扩大了基础科学的教学。除了两所大学的交叉列出课程之外，该项目还开发利用英语和美洲原住民语言材料的实验室作业。这些材料是由 NATP 学生与具有母语专业知识的语言学系教师合作开发的。这种跨文化合作为招募美国原住民学生进入科学相关职业带来了巨大希望。