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Pronunciation guide for surprisal

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of surprisal with real speech in context.
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Real speech example: Kathy RastleAnd they're looking at a property called surprisal,
Definition summary: (obsolete, military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault. [16th–19th c.]

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Kathy Rastle

And they're looking at a property called surprisal,

[Noun]
(obsolete, military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault. [16th–19th c.]
(obsolete) A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares. [17th c.]
(obsolete) A surprising event or occurrence. [17th–19th c.]
(obsolete) The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement. [17th–19th c.]
An information measure as equal in bits (binary digits) to the base-2 log of 1 over the probability, with the result that the number of choices equals 2n where n is the number of bits.

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