Review: Computer Processing of Asian Spoken Languages
书评: 《亚洲口语的计算机处理》
Caicai Zhang 张偲偲; Gang Peng 彭刚

Abstract 摘要
This book, Computer processing of Asian spoken languages, is a milestone in the ongoing research on spoken language processing in Asia. It is not only a valuable record of the footprints of advance in this field, but also a handy index of rich speech resources that have been made available for linguistic research. This book includes eight chapters, which can be roughly grouped into four major parts: (1) a summary of phonological and writing systems in ten Asian languages; (2) a description of various speech corpora; (3) an introduction to the state-of-the-art technology in speech analysis, recognition and synthesis; (4) proposals of transcription systems and Romanization schemes for some Asian languages. This paper reviews this book from the linguistic perspective. Specifically, we look at how the progress in spoken language processing can inspire and nurture linguistic research on Asian languages. The utility of speech corpora and software for linguistic enquiries and analysis is discussed. Finally, we suggest connecting outcomes in spoken language processing with linguistic theories to deepen our understanding about the principles and mechanisms of human language.

COMPUTER PROCESSING OF ASIAN SPOKEN LANGUAGES（亚洲口语的计算机处理）一书是亚洲口语处理领域的里程碑。该书不仅是这一领域前进足迹的宝贵记录，而且也是可用于语言学研究的语言资源的便利索引。全书共八章，四个主要部分：(1)十个亚洲语言语音特征和文字体系的概括；(2)多种口语语料库的描述；(3) 语音分析、识别与合成技术的简介；(4)可机读语音转写系统与罗马化方案。本文从语言学角度评介该书。具体来说，本文探讨口语处理领域取得的成果如何为语言学所用，丰富研究资源，激发研究灵感。为此，我们详细讨论了语料库与语音分析软件在语言学研究中的作用。最后，我们建议结合口语处理的成果与语言学理论，深化对语言机制和原理的理解。

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Asian languages 亚洲语言 Spoken language processing 口语处理 Language diversity 语言多样性 Corpus 语料库 Linguistic research 语言学研究

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