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Phonetic convergence, or imitation, occurs automatically during speech. Both shadowing and explicit imitation tasks reveal this automatic speech mechanism linked to memory.

Keywords:

imitation phonetic convergence shadowing task

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Background:

Phonetic imitation, also known as phonetic convergence, is crucial for understanding lexical representations and the production-perception link in spoken language.
The shadowing task (listening and repeating words) is commonly used to study phonetic imitation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if phonetic convergence during shadowing is a form of imitation.
To compare phonetic convergence under shadowing versus explicit imitation instructions.

Main Methods:

Participants completed a shadowing task and an explicit imitation task.
Phonetic convergence was measured in a post-exposure task.

Main Results:

While explicit imitation showed a greater initial convergence effect, both shadowing and imitation led to similar convergence in the post-exposure task.
This suggests a shared automatic mechanism underlying phonetic convergence.

Conclusions:

Phonetic convergence in shadowing tasks relies on an automatic mechanism, not just explicit imitation.
This mechanism accesses long-term memory representations of words, supporting the role of auditory traces in speech production.