4.2.2 Related Works

Although considerably much interests have been given to achieving correct pronunciation in L2, so little research has been conducted. Because of numerous technical problems associated with achieving and analyzing articulatory behaviors for correct pronunciation are reasonably complex and difficult. At this time, acoustic analysis is mainly performed to show the difference between model speech and a learner' speech by visualizing their dissimilarities, e.g., waveform, LPC spectrum, pitch, and power, etc.




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Jo Chul-Ho
Wed Oct 13 17:59:27 JST 1999