Syllable production within and across languages

描述（由申请人提供）：音节是从摇篮到坟墓的口语的主要单位，但它在语言产生或说话的当前理论中的地位是相当成问题的。对于音节是否存在于单词记忆中这一基本问题，人们还没有达成共识。此外，音节所起的作用似乎在世界各地的语言中差异很大。这个项目的目的是提供一个多管齐下的攻击在我们的理解语言生产的核心方面的这一重大弱点。该方法包括在台湾，西班牙和美国的地点进行协调实验，为英语，西班牙语和汉语普通话提供可比较的证据，并对音节的学习和使用进行计算机建模。虽然音节之谜的答案不太可能在不同的语言中是统一的，但这个项目试图确定超越每种语言特定故事的一般原则。音节在语言产生理论中的地位是至关重要的，因为音节在使言语成为可能方面起着核心作用。理论，计算模型，和治疗干预，误音节是在一个非常真实的意义上的“不能说话”。该项目将阐明一种语言的单词产生的一般模型，包括在音节扮演的角色的变化的前景，也将指定语言的具体过程模型的三个世界主要语言。后者的建议将提供在语音产生的计算模型，语音合成软件，和治疗干预，包括失语症康复和语音治疗所需的特异性。与公共卫生的相关性：音节是一个熟悉的语言单位，但它在说话的动态过程中的作用还没有得到很好的理解。更深入地了解这方面的语言剧目是至关重要的理解发展和获得性语言障碍和他们的最有效的治疗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The syllable is a prime unit of spoken language from cradle to grave, but its status in the current theory of language production or speaking is quite problematic. There is no consensus on the fundamental question of whether syllables are represented in word memory. In addition, the role played by syllables appears to vary widely across the world's languages. The aim of this project is to provide a multi-pronged attack on this significant weakness in a core aspect of our understanding of language production. The approach includes coordinated experimentation at sites in Taiwan, Spain, and the United States to provide comparable evidence for English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese, and computer modelling of the learning and use of syllables. Although the answer to the syllable puzzle is unlikely to be uniform across languages, this project seeks to identify general principles that transcend the particular story for each language. Addressing the status of the syllable in language production theory is critical because of the syllable's central role in making speech possible. Theories, computational models, and therapeutic interventions that misconstrue the syllable are in a very real sense "unable to speak". The project will clarify the prospect for a language general model of word production that encompasses variation in the roles syllables play, and will also specify language specific process models for three of the world's major languages. The latter proposals will provide the kind of specificity needed in computational models of speech production, in speech synthesis software, and in therapeutic interventions including aphasia rehabilitation and speech therapy. Relevance to Public Health: The syllable is a familiar unit of language but its role in the dynamic process of speaking is not well understood. A deeper knowledge of this aspect of the language repertoire is crucial to understanding both developmental and acquired language disorders and to their most effective treatment.