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
Articulatory Insights into the L2 Acquisition of English-/l/ Allophony
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 29:238309231200629. doi: 10.1177/00238309231200629. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn many English varieties, /l/ is produced differently in onsets and codas. Compared with "light" syllable-initial realizations, "dark" syllable-final variants involve reduced tongue tip-alveolar ridge contact and a raised/retracted tongue dorsum. We investigate whether native French and Spanish speakers whose L1 lacks such positionally conditioned variation can acquire English-/l/ allophony, testing the hypotheses that (1) the allophonic pattern will be acquired by both groups but (2) learners will differ from native sp...
Source: Language and Speech - November 30, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Laura Colantoni Alexei Kochetov Jeffrey Steele Source Type: research
Articulatory Insights into the L2 Acquisition of English-/l/ Allophony
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 29:238309231200629. doi: 10.1177/00238309231200629. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn many English varieties, /l/ is produced differently in onsets and codas. Compared with "light" syllable-initial realizations, "dark" syllable-final variants involve reduced tongue tip-alveolar ridge contact and a raised/retracted tongue dorsum. We investigate whether native French and Spanish speakers whose L1 lacks such positionally conditioned variation can acquire English-/l/ allophony, testing the hypotheses that (1) the allophonic pattern will be acquired by both groups but (2) learners will differ from native sp...
Source: Language and Speech - November 30, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Laura Colantoni Alexei Kochetov Jeffrey Steele Source Type: research
Articulatory Insights into the L2 Acquisition of English-/l/ Allophony
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 29:238309231200629. doi: 10.1177/00238309231200629. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn many English varieties, /l/ is produced differently in onsets and codas. Compared with "light" syllable-initial realizations, "dark" syllable-final variants involve reduced tongue tip-alveolar ridge contact and a raised/retracted tongue dorsum. We investigate whether native French and Spanish speakers whose L1 lacks such positionally conditioned variation can acquire English-/l/ allophony, testing the hypotheses that (1) the allophonic pattern will be acquired by both groups but (2) learners will differ from native sp...
Source: Language and Speech - November 30, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Laura Colantoni Alexei Kochetov Jeffrey Steele Source Type: research
Articulatory Insights into the L2 Acquisition of English-/l/ Allophony
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 29:238309231200629. doi: 10.1177/00238309231200629. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn many English varieties, /l/ is produced differently in onsets and codas. Compared with "light" syllable-initial realizations, "dark" syllable-final variants involve reduced tongue tip-alveolar ridge contact and a raised/retracted tongue dorsum. We investigate whether native French and Spanish speakers whose L1 lacks such positionally conditioned variation can acquire English-/l/ allophony, testing the hypotheses that (1) the allophonic pattern will be acquired by both groups but (2) learners will differ from native sp...
Source: Language and Speech - November 30, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Laura Colantoni Alexei Kochetov Jeffrey Steele Source Type: research
Articulatory Insights into the L2 Acquisition of English-/l/ Allophony
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 29:238309231200629. doi: 10.1177/00238309231200629. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn many English varieties, /l/ is produced differently in onsets and codas. Compared with "light" syllable-initial realizations, "dark" syllable-final variants involve reduced tongue tip-alveolar ridge contact and a raised/retracted tongue dorsum. We investigate whether native French and Spanish speakers whose L1 lacks such positionally conditioned variation can acquire English-/l/ allophony, testing the hypotheses that (1) the allophonic pattern will be acquired by both groups but (2) learners will differ from native sp...
Source: Language and Speech - November 30, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Laura Colantoni Alexei Kochetov Jeffrey Steele Source Type: research
Does Orkish Sound Evil? Perception of Fantasy Languages and Their Phonetic and Phonological Characteristics
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 29:238309231202944. doi: 10.1177/00238309231202944. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTConstructed languages, frequently invented to support world-building in fantasy and science fiction genres, are often intended to sound similar to the characteristics of the people who speak them. The aims of this study are (1) to investigate whether some fictional languages, such as Orkish whose speakers are portrayed as villainous, are rated more negatively by listeners than, for example, the Elvish languages, even when they are all produced without emotional involvement in the voice; and (2) to investigate whether the...
Source: Language and Speech - November 29, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Christine Mooshammer Dominique Bobeck Henrik Hornecker Kier án Meinhardt Olga Olina Marie Christin Walch Qiang Xia Source Type: research
Does Orkish Sound Evil? Perception of Fantasy Languages and Their Phonetic and Phonological Characteristics
Lang Speech. 2023 Nov 29:238309231202944. doi: 10.1177/00238309231202944. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTConstructed languages, frequently invented to support world-building in fantasy and science fiction genres, are often intended to sound similar to the characteristics of the people who speak them. The aims of this study are (1) to investigate whether some fictional languages, such as Orkish whose speakers are portrayed as villainous, are rated more negatively by listeners than, for example, the Elvish languages, even when they are all produced without emotional involvement in the voice; and (2) to investigate whether the...
Source: Language and Speech - November 29, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Christine Mooshammer Dominique Bobeck Henrik Hornecker Kier án Meinhardt Olga Olina Marie Christin Walch Qiang Xia Source Type: research
