Edge strengthening and phonetic variability in Spanish /l/: an ultrasound study
In this study, we report the results of an experiment using Ultrasound Tongue Imaging (UTI) that tests /l/-articulations in a dialectal cross-section of Spanish speakers. We show that lengthening of /l/ in phrase-edge contexts is accompanied by articulatory distinctions (e.g. root/dorsum retraction) for some speakers, whereas others produce lengthened realisations of /l/ in these contexts without observable differences in tongue position. We also find acoustic evidence for reduction in utterance-medial intervocalic and preconsonantal environments (duration, intensity, F1 frequency measures are discussed). However, articula...
Source: Phonetica - June 22, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Michael Ramsammy Matthew King Source Type: research
Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
This study investigated attention control in L2 phonological processing from a cognitive individual differences perspective, to determine its role in predicting phonological acquisition in adult L2 learning. Participants were 21 L1-Spanish learners of English, and 19 L1-English learners of Spanish. Attention control was measured through a novel speech-based attention-switching task. Phonological processing was assessed through a speeded ABX categorization task (perception) and a delayed sentence repetition task (production). Correlational analyses indicated that learners with more efficient attention switching skill and fa...
Source: Phonetica - June 21, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Joan C Mora Isabelle Darcy Source Type: research
Merger in Eivissan Catalan: an acoustic analysis of the vowel systems of young native speakers
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 16. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe vowel system of Catalan has been the focus of many studies, though work on the varieties spoken on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) are scarce, with a single mention of the possible merger of the mid back vowels /o, ɔ/ (Torres Torres, Marià. 1983. Aspectes del vocalisme tònic eivissenc. Eivissa 14. 22-23). The present article provides the first acoustic analysis of the vowel inventory of 25 young native speakers of Eivissan Catalan, with a focus on the realisations of stressed /ə, ɛ/, and the back mid vowels /o, ɔ/. We employed Pillai...
Source: Phonetica - June 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Silke Hamann Francesc Torres-Tamarit Source Type: research
Merger in Eivissan Catalan: an acoustic analysis of the vowel systems of young native speakers
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 16. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe vowel system of Catalan has been the focus of many studies, though work on the varieties spoken on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) are scarce, with a single mention of the possible merger of the mid back vowels /o, ɔ/ (Torres Torres, Marià. 1983. Aspectes del vocalisme tònic eivissenc. Eivissa 14. 22-23). The present article provides the first acoustic analysis of the vowel inventory of 25 young native speakers of Eivissan Catalan, with a focus on the realisations of stressed /ə, ɛ/, and the back mid vowels /o, ɔ/. We employed Pillai...
Source: Phonetica - June 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Silke Hamann Francesc Torres-Tamarit Source Type: research
Merger in Eivissan Catalan: an acoustic analysis of the vowel systems of young native speakers
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 16. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe vowel system of Catalan has been the focus of many studies, though work on the varieties spoken on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) are scarce, with a single mention of the possible merger of the mid back vowels /o, ɔ/ (Torres Torres, Marià. 1983. Aspectes del vocalisme tònic eivissenc. Eivissa 14. 22-23). The present article provides the first acoustic analysis of the vowel inventory of 25 young native speakers of Eivissan Catalan, with a focus on the realisations of stressed /ə, ɛ/, and the back mid vowels /o, ɔ/. We employed Pillai...
Source: Phonetica - June 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Silke Hamann Francesc Torres-Tamarit Source Type: research
Merger in Eivissan Catalan: an acoustic analysis of the vowel systems of young native speakers
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 16. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe vowel system of Catalan has been the focus of many studies, though work on the varieties spoken on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) are scarce, with a single mention of the possible merger of the mid back vowels /o, ɔ/ (Torres Torres, Marià. 1983. Aspectes del vocalisme tònic eivissenc. Eivissa 14. 22-23). The present article provides the first acoustic analysis of the vowel inventory of 25 young native speakers of Eivissan Catalan, with a focus on the realisations of stressed /ə, ɛ/, and the back mid vowels /o, ɔ/. We employed Pillai...
Source: Phonetica - June 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Silke Hamann Francesc Torres-Tamarit Source Type: research
Merger in Eivissan Catalan: an acoustic analysis of the vowel systems of young native speakers
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 16. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe vowel system of Catalan has been the focus of many studies, though work on the varieties spoken on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) are scarce, with a single mention of the possible merger of the mid back vowels /o, ɔ/ (Torres Torres, Marià. 1983. Aspectes del vocalisme tònic eivissenc. Eivissa 14. 22-23). The present article provides the first acoustic analysis of the vowel inventory of 25 young native speakers of Eivissan Catalan, with a focus on the realisations of stressed /ə, ɛ/, and the back mid vowels /o, ɔ/. We employed Pillai...
Source: Phonetica - June 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Silke Hamann Francesc Torres-Tamarit Source Type: research
Merger in Eivissan Catalan: an acoustic analysis of the vowel systems of young native speakers
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 16. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe vowel system of Catalan has been the focus of many studies, though work on the varieties spoken on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) are scarce, with a single mention of the possible merger of the mid back vowels /o, ɔ/ (Torres Torres, Marià. 1983. Aspectes del vocalisme tònic eivissenc. Eivissa 14. 22-23). The present article provides the first acoustic analysis of the vowel inventory of 25 young native speakers of Eivissan Catalan, with a focus on the realisations of stressed /ə, ɛ/, and the back mid vowels /o, ɔ/. We employed Pillai...
Source: Phonetica - June 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Silke Hamann Francesc Torres-Tamarit Source Type: research
Word-level prosodic and metrical influences on Hawaiian glottal stop realization
This study investigates whether the realization is conditioned by word-level prosodic or metrical factors, which would be consistent with research demonstrating that segmental distribution and phonetic realization can be sensitive to word-internal structure. At the same time, it has also been shown that prosodic prominence, such as syllable stress, can affect phonetic realization. Data come from the 1970s-80s radio program Ka Leo Hawai'i. Using Parker Jones' (Parker Jones, Oiwi. 2010. A computational phonology and morphology of Hawaiian. University of Oxford DPhil. thesis) computational prosodic grammar, words were parsed ...
Source: Phonetica - June 14, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lisa Davidson Oiwi Parker Jones Source Type: research
Two-part vowel modifications in Child Directed Speech in Warlpiri may enhance child attention to speech and scaffold noun acquisition
Phonetica. 2023 Jun 14. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-0039. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTStudy 1 compared vowels in Child Directed Speech (CDS; child ages 25-46 months) to vowels in Adult Directed Speech (ADS) in natural conversation in the Australian Indigenous language Warlpiri, which has three vowels (/i/, /a/, /u). Study 2 compared the vowels of the child interlocutors from Study 1 to caregiver ADS and CDS. Study 1 indicates that Warlpiri CDS vowels are characterised by fronting, /a/-lowering, f o -raising, and increased duration, but not vowel space expansion. Vowels in CDS nouns, however, show increased between-contrast di...
Source: Phonetica - June 14, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Rikke L Bundgaard-Nielsen Carmel O'Shannessy Yizhou Wang Alice Nelson Jessie Bartlett Vanessa Davis Source Type: research
Word-level prosodic and metrical influences on Hawaiian glottal stop realization
This study investigates whether the realization is conditioned by word-level prosodic or metrical factors, which would be consistent with research demonstrating that segmental distribution and phonetic realization can be sensitive to word-internal structure. At the same time, it has also been shown that prosodic prominence, such as syllable stress, can affect phonetic realization. Data come from the 1970s-80s radio program Ka Leo Hawai'i. Using Parker Jones' (Parker Jones, Oiwi. 2010. A computational phonology and morphology of Hawaiian. University of Oxford DPhil. thesis) computational prosodic grammar, words were parsed ...
Source: Phonetica - June 14, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lisa Davidson Oiwi Parker Jones Source Type: research
Development of perceptual similarity and discriminability: the perception of Russian phonemes by Chinese learners
This study explored the perceptual assimilation and discrimination of Russian phonemes by three groups of Chinese listeners with differing Russian learning experience. A perceptual assimilation task (PAT) and a perceptual discrimination test (PDT) were conducted to investigate if/how L1-L2 perceptual similarity would vary as a function of increased learning experience, and the development of assimilation-discrimination relations. The PAT was analyzed via assimilation rates, dispersion K' values, goodness ratings and assimilation patterns. Results revealed an intriguing phenomenon that the perceived Mandarin-Russian similar...
Source: Phonetica - June 1, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yuxiao Yang Sunfu Chen Fei Chen Junzhou Ma Source Type: research
Development of perceptual similarity and discriminability: the perception of Russian phonemes by Chinese learners
This study explored the perceptual assimilation and discrimination of Russian phonemes by three groups of Chinese listeners with differing Russian learning experience. A perceptual assimilation task (PAT) and a perceptual discrimination test (PDT) were conducted to investigate if/how L1-L2 perceptual similarity would vary as a function of increased learning experience, and the development of assimilation-discrimination relations. The PAT was analyzed via assimilation rates, dispersion K' values, goodness ratings and assimilation patterns. Results revealed an intriguing phenomenon that the perceived Mandarin-Russian similar...
Source: Phonetica - June 1, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yuxiao Yang Sunfu Chen Fei Chen Junzhou Ma Source Type: research
Development of perceptual similarity and discriminability: the perception of Russian phonemes by Chinese learners
This study explored the perceptual assimilation and discrimination of Russian phonemes by three groups of Chinese listeners with differing Russian learning experience. A perceptual assimilation task (PAT) and a perceptual discrimination test (PDT) were conducted to investigate if/how L1-L2 perceptual similarity would vary as a function of increased learning experience, and the development of assimilation-discrimination relations. The PAT was analyzed via assimilation rates, dispersion K' values, goodness ratings and assimilation patterns. Results revealed an intriguing phenomenon that the perceived Mandarin-Russian similar...
Source: Phonetica - June 1, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yuxiao Yang Sunfu Chen Fei Chen Junzhou Ma Source Type: research
Development of perceptual similarity and discriminability: the perception of Russian phonemes by Chinese learners
This study explored the perceptual assimilation and discrimination of Russian phonemes by three groups of Chinese listeners with differing Russian learning experience. A perceptual assimilation task (PAT) and a perceptual discrimination test (PDT) were conducted to investigate if/how L1-L2 perceptual similarity would vary as a function of increased learning experience, and the development of assimilation-discrimination relations. The PAT was analyzed via assimilation rates, dispersion K' values, goodness ratings and assimilation patterns. Results revealed an intriguing phenomenon that the perceived Mandarin-Russian similar...
Source: Phonetica - June 1, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yuxiao Yang Sunfu Chen Fei Chen Junzhou Ma Source Type: research
