Supplementary material for:

Modelling caregiver tutored development of pronunciation in a young child

Ian S. Howard1 & Piers Messum2

1Computational & Biological Learning Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK. 2Centre for Human Communication, University College London, UK.

ish22@cam.ac.uk

To appear in the proceeding of:

22nd German Conference on Speech Signal ProcessingESSV 2011

28-30 September in Aachen, Germany

Results 3.1 Unsupervised sound discovery

V: Vowels

/aI/ /eI/ /i@/

/@U/ /U@/ /aU/

/OI/ /i@/

Results 3.1 Unsupervised sound discovery

VVs: Diphthongs

Good examples marked in bold

b3: p3: d3: t3: g3: k3:

beI peI deI teI geI keI

bi: pi: di: ti: gi: ki:

be@ pe@ de@ te@ ge@

bu: du: tu: gu: ku:

Results 3.1 Unsupervised sound discovery

CVs: Plosives

Good examples marked in bold

j3: weI m3: n3: low r3:

je@ wi: meI no leI reI

y@U w3: mi: ni: li: ri:

we@ mu: nju: lu: re@

wu: neI

Results 3.1 Unsupervised sound discovery

CVs: Nasals and liquids

Good examples marked in bold

fe@ hi: seI zi:

fA: h3: si: dZ3:

f3: hu: Si: zu:

su:

Results 3.1 Unsupervised sound discovery

CVs: Fricatives

Good examples marked in bold

Utterance ID Elija German Canadian French

American English

104

193

314

401

509

615

701

705

800

801

Results 3.2 Example Reformulations

Utterance ID Elija German Canadian French

American English

886

888

891

901

912

918

920

924

926

Results 3.2 Example Reformulations

Word ID Word Caregiver utterance

Best matching reformulation

Elija’s output

4 Zahn

6 Zebra

13 Auto

20 Hose

22 Tee

28 Kerze

35 Hase

36 Papi

37 Schuh

40 Schere

Results 3.3 Example Imitations: German

Word ID Word Caregiver utterance

Best matching reformulation

Elija’s output

52 Bär

63 Vase

76 Fisch

101 Wo

124 Jacke

141 Ei

166 Stiefel

195 Sie

228 See

Results 3.3 Example Imitations: German

Results 3.3 Example Imitations: American English

Word ID Word Caregiver utterance

Best matching reformulation

Elija’s output

30 Sheep

43 Bus

51 Saw

78 Chair

104 Needle

108 Dress

136 Go

152 Beaker

166 Bee

173 Door

Results 3.3 Example Imitations: American English

Word ID Word Caregiver utterance

Best matching reformulation

Elija’s output

175 Cherries

183 Big

186 Sofa

203 Screws

207 What

212 Keys

216 Tooth

217 Eye

224 Pear

232 Please

Results 3.3 Example Imitations: Canadian French

Word ID Word Caregiver utterance

Best matching reformulation

Elija’s output

4 Machine

7 Poêle

9 Fourchette

10 Couteau

11 Verres

14 Bouteille

16 Chaise

18 Oeuf

22 Poulet

25 Lait

Results 3.3 Example Imitations: Canadian French

Word ID Word Caregiver utterance

Best matching reformulation

Elija’s output

29 Gâteau

33 Lit

37 Dents

47 Chien

60 Poule

66 Papa

68 Non

91 Popo

93 Essaies