The Attractiveness of Average Speech Rhythms: Revisiting the Average Effect From a Crosslinguistic Perspective
This study investigates the attractiveness of average speech rhythms in Dutch and Mandarin Chinese, two typologically different languages. This was tested in a series of perception experiments in either language in which native listeners chose the most attractive one from a pair of acoustically manipulated rhythms. For each language, two experiments were carried out to control for the potential influence of the acoustic manipulation on the average effect. The results confirm the average effect in both languages, and they do not exclude individual variation in the listeners' perception of attractiveness. The outcomes provid...
Source: Language and Speech - December 29, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Constantijn Kaland Marc Swerts Source Type: research
Phonetic Effects of Tonal Crowding in Persian Polar Questions
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 29:238309231213580. doi: 10.1177/00238309231213580. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPersian polar questions are characterized by a rise-fall followed by a low F0 plateau and a final rise. A production experiment was designed which systematically manipulated question length and the position of stress in the nuclear accented word in the question. Results revealed that distances between tones can strongly affect their scaling and alignment in predictable manner. With respect to scaling, our data show that the postnuclear low F0 target is realized considerably higher in short questions in which tonal crowdi...
Source: Language and Speech - December 29, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Vahid Sadeghi Source Type: research
Gestural Timing Patterns of Nasality in Highly Proficient Spanish Learners of English: Aerodynamic Evidence
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 29:238309231215355. doi: 10.1177/00238309231215355. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSegment-to-segment timing overlap between Vowel-Nasal gestures in /VN/ sequences varies cross-linguistically. However, how bilinguals may adjust those timing gestures is still unanswered. Regarding timing strategies in a second language (L2), research finds that native (L1) strategies can be partially transferred to the L2, and that higher L2 proficiency promotes a more successful phonetic performance. My goal is to answer whether bilingual speakers can adjust their L1 coarticulatory settings in their L2 and to observe w...
Source: Language and Speech - December 29, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Ander Beristain Source Type: research
The Attractiveness of Average Speech Rhythms: Revisiting the Average Effect From a Crosslinguistic Perspective
This study investigates the attractiveness of average speech rhythms in Dutch and Mandarin Chinese, two typologically different languages. This was tested in a series of perception experiments in either language in which native listeners chose the most attractive one from a pair of acoustically manipulated rhythms. For each language, two experiments were carried out to control for the potential influence of the acoustic manipulation on the average effect. The results confirm the average effect in both languages, and they do not exclude individual variation in the listeners' perception of attractiveness. The outcomes provid...
Source: Language and Speech - December 29, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Constantijn Kaland Marc Swerts Source Type: research
Front Is High and Back Is Low: Sound-Space Iconicity in Finnish
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214176. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214176. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrevious investigations have shown various interactions between spatial concepts and speech sounds. For instance, the front-high vowel [i] is associated with the concept of forward, and the back-high vowel [o] is associated with the concept of backward. Three experiments investigated whether the concepts of forward/front and backward/back are associated with high- and low-pitched vocalizations, respectively, in Finnish. In Experiments 1 and 2, the participants associated the high-pitched vocalization with the forward-dire...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lari Vainio Markku Kilpel äinen Alexandra Wikstr öm Martti Vainio Source Type: research
The Language-Specificity of Phonetic Adaptation to Talkers
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214244. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214244. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTListeners adapt efficiently to new talkers by using lexical knowledge to resolve perceptual uncertainty. This adaptation has been widely observed, both in first (L1) and in second languages (L2). Here, adaptation was tested in both the L1 and L2 of speakers of Mandarin and English, two very dissimilar languages. A sound midway between /f/ and /s/ replacing either /f/ or /s/ in Mandarin words presented for lexical decision (e.g., bu4fa3 "illegal"; kuan1song1 "loose") prompted the expected adaptation; it induced an expanded...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Anne Cutler L Ann Burchfield Mark Antoniou Source Type: research
Front Is High and Back Is Low: Sound-Space Iconicity in Finnish
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214176. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214176. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrevious investigations have shown various interactions between spatial concepts and speech sounds. For instance, the front-high vowel [i] is associated with the concept of forward, and the back-high vowel [o] is associated with the concept of backward. Three experiments investigated whether the concepts of forward/front and backward/back are associated with high- and low-pitched vocalizations, respectively, in Finnish. In Experiments 1 and 2, the participants associated the high-pitched vocalization with the forward-dire...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lari Vainio Markku Kilpel äinen Alexandra Wikstr öm Martti Vainio Source Type: research
The Language-Specificity of Phonetic Adaptation to Talkers
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214244. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214244. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTListeners adapt efficiently to new talkers by using lexical knowledge to resolve perceptual uncertainty. This adaptation has been widely observed, both in first (L1) and in second languages (L2). Here, adaptation was tested in both the L1 and L2 of speakers of Mandarin and English, two very dissimilar languages. A sound midway between /f/ and /s/ replacing either /f/ or /s/ in Mandarin words presented for lexical decision (e.g., bu4fa3 "illegal"; kuan1song1 "loose") prompted the expected adaptation; it induced an expanded...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Anne Cutler L Ann Burchfield Mark Antoniou Source Type: research
Front Is High and Back Is Low: Sound-Space Iconicity in Finnish
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214176. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214176. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrevious investigations have shown various interactions between spatial concepts and speech sounds. For instance, the front-high vowel [i] is associated with the concept of forward, and the back-high vowel [o] is associated with the concept of backward. Three experiments investigated whether the concepts of forward/front and backward/back are associated with high- and low-pitched vocalizations, respectively, in Finnish. In Experiments 1 and 2, the participants associated the high-pitched vocalization with the forward-dire...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lari Vainio Markku Kilpel äinen Alexandra Wikstr öm Martti Vainio Source Type: research
The Language-Specificity of Phonetic Adaptation to Talkers
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214244. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214244. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTListeners adapt efficiently to new talkers by using lexical knowledge to resolve perceptual uncertainty. This adaptation has been widely observed, both in first (L1) and in second languages (L2). Here, adaptation was tested in both the L1 and L2 of speakers of Mandarin and English, two very dissimilar languages. A sound midway between /f/ and /s/ replacing either /f/ or /s/ in Mandarin words presented for lexical decision (e.g., bu4fa3 "illegal"; kuan1song1 "loose") prompted the expected adaptation; it induced an expanded...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Anne Cutler L Ann Burchfield Mark Antoniou Source Type: research
Front Is High and Back Is Low: Sound-Space Iconicity in Finnish
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214176. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214176. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrevious investigations have shown various interactions between spatial concepts and speech sounds. For instance, the front-high vowel [i] is associated with the concept of forward, and the back-high vowel [o] is associated with the concept of backward. Three experiments investigated whether the concepts of forward/front and backward/back are associated with high- and low-pitched vocalizations, respectively, in Finnish. In Experiments 1 and 2, the participants associated the high-pitched vocalization with the forward-dire...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lari Vainio Markku Kilpel äinen Alexandra Wikstr öm Martti Vainio Source Type: research
The Language-Specificity of Phonetic Adaptation to Talkers
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214244. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214244. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTListeners adapt efficiently to new talkers by using lexical knowledge to resolve perceptual uncertainty. This adaptation has been widely observed, both in first (L1) and in second languages (L2). Here, adaptation was tested in both the L1 and L2 of speakers of Mandarin and English, two very dissimilar languages. A sound midway between /f/ and /s/ replacing either /f/ or /s/ in Mandarin words presented for lexical decision (e.g., bu4fa3 "illegal"; kuan1song1 "loose") prompted the expected adaptation; it induced an expanded...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Anne Cutler L Ann Burchfield Mark Antoniou Source Type: research
Front Is High and Back Is Low: Sound-Space Iconicity in Finnish
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214176. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214176. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrevious investigations have shown various interactions between spatial concepts and speech sounds. For instance, the front-high vowel [i] is associated with the concept of forward, and the back-high vowel [o] is associated with the concept of backward. Three experiments investigated whether the concepts of forward/front and backward/back are associated with high- and low-pitched vocalizations, respectively, in Finnish. In Experiments 1 and 2, the participants associated the high-pitched vocalization with the forward-dire...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lari Vainio Markku Kilpel äinen Alexandra Wikstr öm Martti Vainio Source Type: research
The Language-Specificity of Phonetic Adaptation to Talkers
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214244. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214244. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTListeners adapt efficiently to new talkers by using lexical knowledge to resolve perceptual uncertainty. This adaptation has been widely observed, both in first (L1) and in second languages (L2). Here, adaptation was tested in both the L1 and L2 of speakers of Mandarin and English, two very dissimilar languages. A sound midway between /f/ and /s/ replacing either /f/ or /s/ in Mandarin words presented for lexical decision (e.g., bu4fa3 "illegal"; kuan1song1 "loose") prompted the expected adaptation; it induced an expanded...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Anne Cutler L Ann Burchfield Mark Antoniou Source Type: research
Front Is High and Back Is Low: Sound-Space Iconicity in Finnish
Lang Speech. 2023 Dec 6:238309231214176. doi: 10.1177/00238309231214176. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrevious investigations have shown various interactions between spatial concepts and speech sounds. For instance, the front-high vowel [i] is associated with the concept of forward, and the back-high vowel [o] is associated with the concept of backward. Three experiments investigated whether the concepts of forward/front and backward/back are associated with high- and low-pitched vocalizations, respectively, in Finnish. In Experiments 1 and 2, the participants associated the high-pitched vocalization with the forward-dire...
Source: Language and Speech - December 6, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lari Vainio Markku Kilpel äinen Alexandra Wikstr öm Martti Vainio Source Type: research
