10. Apparatus for partitioning a speech pattern into syllabic intervals according to claim 1 wherein: said means for forming a frame sequence of autocorrelation signals corresponding to the speech pattern comprises means for forming a frame sequence of zeroth order autocorrelation signals and a frame sequence of first order autocorrelation signals; said means for generating a frame sequence of speech energy signals comprises means responsive to said zeroth order autocorrelation signals for generating speech energy signals; said candidate peak and minimum energy signal producing means comprises means responsive to said peak energy frame signal sequence and said first order autocorrelation signal sequence for producing a sequence of candidate peak and minimum signals.
10. Apparatus for partitioning a speech pattern into syllabic intervals according to claim 1 wherein: said means for forming a frame sequence of autocorrelation signals corresponding to the speech pattern comprises means for forming a frame sequence of zeroth order autocorrelation signals and a frame sequence of first order autocorrelation signals; said means for generating a frame sequence of speech energy signals comprises means responsive to said zeroth order autocorrelation signals for generating speech energy signals; said candidate peak and minimum energy signal producing means comprises means responsive to said peak energy frame signal sequence and said first order autocorrelation signal sequence for producing a sequence of candidate peak and minimum signals. 23. Apparatus for partitioning a speech pattern into syllabic subunits according to claim 10 wherein said candidate peak and minimum energy frame sequence producing means comprises means for generating a predetermined threshold signal and means for comparing the first order autocorrelation signal corresponding to each successive peak energy frame to said predetermined threshold signal.