Quantization of SSL speech representations prioritizes segmental phonetics over suprasegmental lexical tone, reducing reliability for tone languages.
We thank Korin Richmond for his constructive suggestions and detailed review of an earlier draft, which greatly improved the presentation of this work
1 Pith paper cite this work. Polarity classification is still indexing.
1
Pith paper citing it
fields
cs.CL 1years
2026 1verdicts
UNVERDICTED 1representative citing papers
citing papers explorer
-
Lexical Tone is Hard to Quantize: Probing Discrete Speech Units in Mandarin and Yor\`ub\'a
Quantization of SSL speech representations prioritizes segmental phonetics over suprasegmental lexical tone, reducing reliability for tone languages.