Rule-based Prosody Calculation for Marathi Text-to-Speech Synthesis

This research paper presents two empirical studies that examine the influence of different linguistic aspects on\ud prosody in Marathi. First, we analyzed a Marathi corpus with respect to the effect of syntax and information\ud status on prosody. Second, we conducted a listening test which investigated the prosodic realisation of\ud constituents in the Marathi depending on their information status. The results were used to improve the prosody\ud prediction in the Marathi text-to-speech synthesis system MARY