English Vowel Discrimination and Perceptual Assimilation by Japanese Listeners
This study examined whether the discrimination accuracy of nonnative vowels could be predicted by how listeners assimilate nonnative phones into their L1. The results demonstrated that Japanese listeners discriminated between English /æ/ and /ʌ/ better than they did between /ɑ/ and /ʌ/, although they categorized all those stimuli as the Japanese /a/. Given that the acoustic distance between stimuli was controlled to be identical, this result was attributed not to the acoustic difference but to the category-goodness difference. The goodness-of-fit to the Japanese /a/ phoneme differed between the English /æ/ and /ʌ/ bu...
Source: Language and Speech - November 24, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yasuaki Shinohara Chao Han Arild Hestvik Source Type: research
English Vowel Discrimination and Perceptual Assimilation by Japanese Listeners
This study examined whether the discrimination accuracy of nonnative vowels could be predicted by how listeners assimilate nonnative phones into their L1. The results demonstrated that Japanese listeners discriminated between English /æ/ and /ʌ/ better than they did between /ɑ/ and /ʌ/, although they categorized all those stimuli as the Japanese /a/. Given that the acoustic distance between stimuli was controlled to be identical, this result was attributed not to the acoustic difference but to the category-goodness difference. The goodness-of-fit to the Japanese /a/ phoneme differed between the English /æ/ and /ʌ/ bu...
Source: Language and Speech - November 24, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yasuaki Shinohara Chao Han Arild Hestvik Source Type: research
English Vowel Discrimination and Perceptual Assimilation by Japanese Listeners
This study examined whether the discrimination accuracy of nonnative vowels could be predicted by how listeners assimilate nonnative phones into their L1. The results demonstrated that Japanese listeners discriminated between English /æ/ and /ʌ/ better than they did between /ɑ/ and /ʌ/, although they categorized all those stimuli as the Japanese /a/. Given that the acoustic distance between stimuli was controlled to be identical, this result was attributed not to the acoustic difference but to the category-goodness difference. The goodness-of-fit to the Japanese /a/ phoneme differed between the English /æ/ and /ʌ/ bu...
Source: Language and Speech - November 24, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yasuaki Shinohara Chao Han Arild Hestvik Source Type: research
English Vowel Discrimination and Perceptual Assimilation by Japanese Listeners
This study examined whether the discrimination accuracy of nonnative vowels could be predicted by how listeners assimilate nonnative phones into their L1. The results demonstrated that Japanese listeners discriminated between English /æ/ and /ʌ/ better than they did between /ɑ/ and /ʌ/, although they categorized all those stimuli as the Japanese /a/. Given that the acoustic distance between stimuli was controlled to be identical, this result was attributed not to the acoustic difference but to the category-goodness difference. The goodness-of-fit to the Japanese /a/ phoneme differed between the English /æ/ and /ʌ/ bu...
Source: Language and Speech - November 24, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yasuaki Shinohara Chao Han Arild Hestvik Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
Contrastive Alveolar/Retroflex Phonemes in Singapore Mandarin Bilinguals: Comprehension Rates for Articulations in Different Accents, and Acoustic Analysis of Productions
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 10:238309231205012. doi: 10.1177/00238309231205012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe standard Beijing variety of Mandarin has a clear alveolar-retroflex contrast for phonemes featuring voiceless sibilant frication (i.e., /s/, /ʂ/, /ʈs/, /ʈʂ/, /ʈsʰ/, /ʈʂʰ/). However, some studies show that varieties in the 'outer circle', such in Taiwan, have a reduced contrast for these speech sounds via a process known as 'deretroflexion'. The variety of Mandarin spoken in Singapore is also considered as 'outer circle', as it exhibits influences from Min Nan varieties. We investigated how bilinguals of Sing...
Source: Language and Speech - November 10, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hannah L Goh Fei Ting Woon Scott R Moisik Suzy J Styles Source Type: research
