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  <Title>WHAT SORT OF TREES DO WE SPEAK? A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF THE SYNTAX-PROSODY INTERFACE IN TOKYO JAPANESE</Title>
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CONCLUSIONS
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    <Paragraph position="0"> A constraint-based model of syntax and prosodic phonetics has been introduced and analyses of Japanese phonological phenomena have been outlined. Space precludes detailed consideration of the model's application to other dialects and languages. However, a similar model has been argued for by Briscoe (pc) on the basis of English.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> The model has been implemented in a Prolog version of PATR-II augmented with a simultaneous equation solver. Most of the data given above have been described with varying degrees of accuracy. Formulating and testing the predictions of diverse hypotheses with the system is easy due to the basic generative approach. Further cycles of phonetic experiments and modelling of the results are needed to distinguish between alternative analyses and refine the accuracy of the model.</Paragraph>
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      <Paragraph position="0"> If this early exploration turns out to be on the right track, and it is indeed possible to describe the prosodic properties of speech within an integrated declarative model of grammar, then future speech synthesis systems will be able to exploit diverse information on-line in the generation of natural intonation.</Paragraph>
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