CCE Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (CISD)
Department
College of Computing and Engineering
Advisor
Michael Laszlo
Committee Member
Francisco Mitropoulous
Committee Member
Sumitra Mukerjee
Keywords
Computational Linguistics, Constructed Languages
Abstract
An important aspect of a constructed language (conlang) is how it sounds when spoken. This dissertation designs and implements a tool to allow the user to hear how their conlang sounds when spoken. This tool will generate spoken language based on sample text in the constructed language. Further, it will enable the user to manipulate the phonetics of the language and hear how these changes impact the language in its spoken form.
This tool also allows users to assess the preferability of the language’s phonetics using Net Auditory Distance under the framework of Beats-and-Bindings Phonology. It was shown that the use of this feature improved the preferability of three different conlangs.
NSUWorks Citation
Ronald B. Oakes. 2024. Constructed Language (Conlang) Audio Honing. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, College of Computing and Engineering. (1205)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/1205.
