7. A computer-implemented method of training an acoustic model, the method comprising: utilizing a computer processor that is a functional component of a computer and a first acoustic model to label accented and unaccented components of function words; utilizing the unaccented components of the function words as a basis for training a second acoustic model; and excluding the accented components of the function words from a collective set of data utilized as a basis for training the second acoustic model.
7. A computer-implemented method of training an acoustic model, the method comprising: utilizing a computer processor that is a functional component of a computer and a first acoustic model to label accented and unaccented components of function words; utilizing the unaccented components of the function words as a basis for training a second acoustic model; and excluding the accented components of the function words from a collective set of data utilized as a basis for training the second acoustic model. 9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising utilizing the second acoustic model as a basis for labeling accented and unaccented components of words that have been identified as being function words.