Publications by authors named "Jelke Bloem"
Article Synopsis
- The study introduces a new method, using naive discriminative learning (NDL), to measure pronunciation distances, which can be important for various areas of linguistics.
- NDL offers a more advanced and flexible approach compared to the traditional Levenshtein algorithm, as it is informed by cognitive theories and can produce asymmetrical distances.
- Validation efforts showed that NDL distances correlated well with native speakers' perceptions of accented speech, achieving correlation rates between 0.7 and 0.8, and can also integrate additional acoustic features beyond just sound segments.
