The radio influences speech

PATRIOTIC GORE: STUDIES IN THE LITERATURE OF THE CIVIL WAR. By Edmund Wilson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1962; pp. 816. $9.50; paper $3.95.

THE TRIPLE THINKERS: TWELVE ESSAYS ON LITERARY SUBJECTS. By Edmund Wilson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1948; pp. x+270. $6.50.     

Behavioristic aspects of speech defects

Concepts drawn from an organismic philosophy can provide an integrative framework for bridging certain differences between communication as science and rhetoric as art. Key concepts such as process, pattern, empathy and paradox emerge as methods of observation in both art and science, rhetoric and communication.     

The broader aspects of speech training

Need gratification, expectation fulfillment, equivocality reduction, and constraint‐reinforcement conceptualizations have been proposed for the satisfaction construct. Analysis and application of these perspectives to communication satisfaction reveal a number of serious shortcomings. A new perspective, the discriminative fulfillment approach, was developed to overcome these problems. The perspective defines satisfaction as the reinforcement of behavior associated with discriminative stimuli and suggests the investigation of performing and perceiving discriminative stimuli and producing appropriate behaviors and reinforcement.     

Analysis on Thematic Structure and Thematic Progression in Obama's weekly radio speech

Thematic structure and thematic progression are important concept of textual function. Based on the example of Obama's weekly radio speech, we can examine the practicality of thematic structure and thematic progression and give a guidance for preparation of political speeches.     

Satellite radio

Satellites have been a highly effective platform for multi-form broadcasts. This has led to a revival of the radio era. The satellite radio is a natural choice to bridge the digital gap. It has several novel features like selective addressing and error control. The value-added services from such systems are of particular interest.     

Weaponizing speech

As the notion of “information warfare” has gained public currency, some forms of communication have been redefined as acts of violence, war, and terrorism. This essay tracks the metaphor of the “information bomb” in theoretical understandings as well as public discourses of terrorism, journalism, and information leaks. The essay then analyzes the 2010 Supreme Court case of Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project, which redefined speech as having the ability to constitute “material support” for terrorism. The essay argues that trends in the “weaponization of speech” pose important challenges to the status of the First Amendment.     

机载话语告警系统语音质量客观评判

描述了语音质量客观评判系统的硬件功能结构和设计思想,详细的分析了算法原理和软件编程实现．该系统选用Matlab和Lab Windows／CVI的结合作为软件设计的编程平台,并根据主观听觉模型,运用MEL频率倒谱算法,建立起一套语音客观评判准则．本系统解决了人工检查费时、费力工效低,且评判不客观等问题．实践证明该评判系统给出的结果与基于人的听觉主观感受完全一致,与主观平均意见分值（MOS）法评价结果的相关度不低于0．9．