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  Spoken word - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spoken word is a form of literary art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung.
One of the most common sorts of spoken word performances is performance poetry, where a poet either reads previously-published poems, or reads poems specifically written to be performed aloud.
Spoken word artists are often poets and musicians.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spoken_word   (140 words)

  
 Spoken language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A spoken language is a human language in which the words are uttered through the mouth.
Computer languages and sign languages are not spoken languages.
The term spoken language is often used in contrast to written language; the world's most widely spoken languages all have written forms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spoken_language   (89 words)

  
 MIT Project Oxygen: Spoken Interaction
The spoken language subsystem provides a number of limited-domain interfaces, as well as mechanisms for users to navigate effortlessly from one domain to another.
The spoken language subsystem stitches together a set of useful domains, thereby providing a virtual, broad-domain quilt that satisfies the needs of many users most of the time.
The spoken language subsystem is an integral part of Oxygen's infrastructure, not just a set of applications or external interfaces.
oxygen.lcs.mit.edu /Speech.html   (918 words)

  
 Spoken Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, etc)
Hakka is spoken in south eastern China, parts of Taiwan and in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
Mín Zhōng is spoken mainly in central Fujian Province.
Huīzhōu is spoken in southern Anhui and northern Zhejiang provinces.
www.omniglot.com /writing/chinese_spoken.htm   (634 words)

  
 Spoken Language Understanding
Evaluation of spoken language understanding systems (see chapter 13) is required to estimate the state of the art objectively.
Telephone-based applications are particularly important, since their use in spoken language understanding systems can make access to crucial data as convenient as the nearest phone, and since voice is the natural and (except for the as yet rare video-phones) usually the only modality available.
Spoken language is still the means of communication used first and foremost by humans, and only a small percentage of human communication is written.
cslu.cse.ogi.edu /HLTsurvey/ch1node10.html   (3099 words)

  
 cows vacas vaches behiak
Occitan dialect spoken in the Valley of Aran, in northern Spain.
Spoken in the north of Spain and the south of France.
Spoken in the Hunza valley in northern Pakistan.
www.arrakis.es /~eledu/justcows.htm   (550 words)

  
 FQS 1(3) Jens Allwood, Maria Björnberg, Leif Grönqvist, Elisabeth Ahlsén & Cajsa Ottesjö: The ...
The Spoken Language Corpus of Swedish at Göteborg University is an incrementally growing corpus of spoken language samples from several languages which presently consists of 1.26 million words from about 25 different social activities.
Presently he is heading projects concerned with the semantics of spoken language phenomena, multimodal communication, cultural variation in communication and the influence of social activity on spoken language.
She is interested in spoken language interaction, especially the use of particles in interaction.
qualitative-research.net /fqs-texte/3-00/3-00allwoodetal-e.htm   (5681 words)

  
 Spoken Word Movement
The spoken word poetry movement of the 1990's was similar to the Beats in the 1960's, right down to the goatees, improvisational style, and coffeehouse vibe of the poets (leading to the nickname of "Wanna-Beats" for spoken word artists).
Spoken word shares with the Beats a mutual disdain with the academic community, an emphasis on performance, and many poems in confessional and stream-of-consciousness styles.
Spoken word has a rough-edged, populist attitude, is intent on spreading the word of all poetry, and carries a democratizing energy.".
www.msu.edu /~miazgama/spokenword.htm   (2847 words)

  
 Don Macnaughtan - Lane Community College Library - American Indian Languages of Western Oregon
Athapaskan languages were spoken mainly in southwest Oregon, with two tiny pockets of speakers in northwest Oregon, near the mouth of the Columbia River.
Penutian languages - a family that is rather loosely defined - were spoken on the central Oregon Coast, along the Lower Columbia, in the Cascades, in the Willamette Valley, and in the Rogue Valley.
An isolated Salish language (Tillamook) was spoken on the northern Oregon coast, and a small pocket of the Hokan family (Shasta) was spoken in the southern Rogue Valley.
www.lanecc.edu /library/don/orelang.htm   (1141 words)

  
 Macworld: News: Apple unveils Spoken Interface for blind OS X users
Spoken Interface is being released now as a preview version -- by filling out a form on the Spoken Interface Web site, users can gain access to a preview release build, Shebanek said.
Because Spoken Interface is built in to the operating system, it won't require users to install anything separately when it's released in its final form.
Spoken Interface also integrates with Mac OS X's existing Universal Access capabilities, so users who are already dependent on those functions don't need to relearn how they work.
www.macworld.com /news/2004/03/17/interface   (865 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Iraq
Central Najdi is spoken by Bedouin in the western desert, North Najdi by Bedouin in the south between the rivers up to the Syrian border.
Many speakers have left the original areas and have developed a common spoken and written form based on the prestigious Urmi dialect as spoken by those from Iraq living in Baghdad, Chicago, and elsewhere (Iraqi Koine).
All dialects of Western, Northern, and Central Assyrian are spoken in Syria.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Iraq   (853 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Spoken Taiwanese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This book is a re-writing of dialogues from Spoken Amoy Hokkien which is a great book and goes into great grammatical detail.
So, if you buy this as a supplement to Spoken Amoy Hokkien (as it was meant to be) then there's plenty of grammatical explanation.
I've used the Spoken Cantonese courses (both I and II) and they are great.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879504609?v=glance   (1232 words)

  
 LDA- Spoken Language Problems
When children are of school age, the evaluation must include the language of instruction and reading and written language.
Even mild problems in spoken language can have an impact on learning in school.
Some children understand spoken language but have difficulty expressing themselves.
www.kidsource.com /LDA/spoken_language.html   (648 words)

  
 SPOKEN - Definition
[adj] uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"
Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.
Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man.
www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/spoken   (84 words)

  
 Research in Spoken Word Recognition Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The guide is not meant to provide exhaustive coverage of all extant models, but simply samples the most representative contemporary models in the field, key architectural features, and key empirical phenomena each model explains.
Across most of the models, with some exceptions, one can see general architectural similarities: activation of a set of word candidates based on the spoken input, and lexical competition among these activated candidates.
This suggests a general architectural framework for spoken word recognition.
delavaux.dreamhost.com /academic/awr_db/index_1.html   (237 words)

  
 spoken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On the heels of their debut album, On Your Feet, and months of extensive tour dates, Metro One recording artists, Spoken, have come out with their sophomore and much anticipated release entitled,...what remains.
While the cuts on this album are hard enough to keep up with other Rap-Core artists such as Rage Against the Machine and the Deftones, the bands subtle experimentation in the computer world, has given them their own unique sound.
We were able to spend a lot of time in the studio with the guys this time around, we joined them in there devotional times on many occasions and really got to experience the hearts of these young men of God.
www.metro1music.com /spoken.html   (248 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Spoken
Heavy tones, soaring melodies that bleed sporadically into fervent screams, shot through with pop accessibility; Arkansas born Spoken have it all.
Now, as a follow-up to their debut Tooth & Nail release, "A Moment of Imperfect Clarity," Spoken are gearing to release their sophomore album produced by Travis Wyrick (POD, Pillar) in stores everywhere NOW.
For fans of Coheed & Cambria and The Used, Spoken will have your emotions in a whirlwind with all their dynamic diversity!
www.purevolume.com /spoken   (77 words)

  
 Minnesota Spoken Word Association | Elevating community through the art of Spoken Word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Minnesota Spoken Word Association is one of the premier spoken word organizations in the country.
Founded by spoken word artists to serve as a resource and service organization for the spoken word community in MN, and beyond, it has worked to help build the spoken word community and to elevate the art form through its mission, programming, and education programs on the tradition.
It has developed the Singers of Daybreak spoken word conference for 2 years; the Urban Griots Radio show which fuses spoken word, hip hop and conscious music; along with numerous open mics, projects and collaborations.
www.mnspokenword.org   (1115 words)

  
 Welcome to the MUSICMATCH Guide
Spoken Word by Mumia Abu-Jamal with Music by Man Is the Bastard
This Is Acid Jazz: The Spoken Word by Various Artists
Spoken Word From Chicago's Next by Various Artists
www.mmguide.musicmatch.com /search/nm.cgi?rightere=Spoken   (265 words)

  
 Spoken Interludes
Since its debut in May of 1996, Spoken Interludes has provided a place where people come together, enjoy great food, and hear stories like their own reflected in the voices of others.
DeLauné Michel was raised in South Louisiana in a literary family that includes her uncle, André Dubus, her mother Elizabeth Nell Dubus, and cousin, James Lee Burke.
We are now based in Westchester County, New York, but will continue to have special shows in LA. Please contact us about joining our completely private and confidential email list to receive invitations to all our shows.
www.spokeninterludes.com   (312 words)

  
 BZoO HomeGrown Radio ~ Spoken Word & Indie Music
New York spoken word artist and singer Kamal Imani, and the Slam Queen the orgasmic Lisa Martinovic.
And many others as we rock the blogosphere and cybersphere with the spoken word and homegrown music.
Spoken Word, refers to performing or involving a performance of the spoken word (poetry): "Whenever, a newspaper, covers the poetry world, you can bet you will find spoken word and street poets railing against the prudishness of the 'academic poets'" ~Maureen McLane.
splashhall.org /blog   (2347 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for France
Also spoken in Bolivia, Canada, Cuba, Italy, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela.
Béarnese is spoken by a strong majority in the Béarn.
Spoken along the border with Germany and Luxemburg in the Moselle Department, Thionville, France.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=France   (1091 words)

  
 The Spoken Network - MP3 Audiobooks and Audio Theater
If you publish spoken word audio content and would like to make it available on the Spoken Network please click here for details
Subscribe now to the Spoken Network Newsletter and receive details on special offers,  discount vouchers and new releases.
In the unlikely event that you need any help using the system, downloading the audio files, or listening to the recordings please don't hesitate to contact the Spoken Network support staff at support@spoken-network.com - they'll be happy to help and will usually reply within just a few hours.
www.spokennetwork.com   (956 words)

  
 Spoken Word Audiobooks Canada's Audio Bookstore New titles are here October 2005
Spoken Word Audiobooks Canada's Audio Bookstore New titles are here October 2005
Spoken Word Audiobooks is a retail store specializing in the sale of books on cassette tape (and CD We're located in downtown Toronto and carry several thousand audio titles from over a hundred different publishers.
All prices are shown in Canadian Dollars accompanied by a currency converter.
www.spoken-word.com   (76 words)

  
 Whale Watching Spoken Here
Free camping is available to registered volunteers at State parks for training and volunteer duties during watch weeks.
An annual pass may be purchased for $10, or you may obtain one with membership to Yaquina Lighthouses, Inc. Members of Yaquina Lights may enter free.
Yaquina Head Lighthouse was the birthplace of Whale Watching Spoken Here in 1978 as Bruce Mate censused Gray Whales migrating past Yaquina Head, Don Giles interpreted the whales to the visitors who were also coincidentally there in higher numbers around Christmas and spring breaks!
www.whalespoken.org   (2001 words)

  
 KryssTal : Borrowed Words in English
A version of the English language spoken in the
A precursor of the English language spoken in
Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Pacific island of
www.krysstal.com /borrow.html   (521 words)

  
 Apple - Accessibility - VoiceOver
The Caption panel font can be resized and the background made transparent or opaque and moved to any location on screen — all using the keyboard.
Even Mac OS X online help is spoken, so you can learn about the new features in Mac OS X Tiger, solve problems on your own and learn new features at your own pace.
You can also adjust how punctuation is spoken, echo only complete words or every letter as you type it, and announce when modifier keys and the Caps Lock key are pressed. 
www.apple.com /accessibility/voiceover   (1568 words)

  
 The National Gallery of the Spoken Word
The National Gallery of the Spoken Word (NGSW) is an ongoing five year research project funded under the Digital Library Inititiative II
The NGSW is creating an online fully-searchable digital library of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century at HistoricalVoice.org.
NGSW provides storage for these digital holdings and public exhibit "space" for the most evocative collections.
www.ngsw.org   (176 words)

  
 cosmic-imperative Free Spoken Horoscopes
The treasures to find are the people, events, and situations around you that correspond to the signs and planets highlighted during the Hunt.
This spoken horoscope automatically updates according to the data you enter.
Find out what the current transiting planets are asking you to do.
www.cosmic-imperative.com   (288 words)

  
 SpOkEn Ver- "I <3 OrLaNdO BlOoM"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hello and Welcome to Spoken, a place where I rant and rave on my life, and things that happen around me. Please take your time to check it the site out a bit, and make sure you leave me some comments on my tag board on what you think.
The first day of school was good, minus my attack on the inside of my body, I came down with a cold last night and was fighting it all day, bleh, I REALLY hate being sick.
Please forgive me. Well guys im tired, It think I will get the tagboard up and then go to sleep.
www.geocities.com /spoken1989   (786 words)

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