Morphophonological derivation of Japanese predicate phrases from a semantic base
Shigeru Sato · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1988
The definition of lexical base forms may greatly affect the structure of the phonological component of a system of speech synthesis from semantic representations. This paper presents a model of mora-generating/preserving phonology for Japanese constructed from an observation of the syntactic/morphophonological derivations of predicate phrases. The achievements of the model are the following. (1) The output of the mora-independent lexico-syntax of the predicate phrase is taken care of by the three-tier rule system of word formation, phonology, and phonetics. (2) The reduction of the number of rules and the simplification of their forms are attained by transferring to syntax processes previously regarded as phonological. (3) The mora preservation phenomena are exclusively handled by the seven cyclic phonological rules. (4) Along with the rule editor system, this phonological component is fully implemented in the computer as a subsystem attached to the speech synthesis system from the semantic base [S. Sato and H. Kasuya, European Conference of Speech Technology, Vol. 2, 414–417 (1987)].