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Perceptual adjustment to time-compressed speech: a cross-linguistic study

C Pallier1, N Sebastian-Gallés, E Dupoux

  • 1Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. pallier@lscp.ehess.fr

Memory & Cognition
|August 14, 1998
PubMed
Summary

Speech adaptation to faster rates improves comprehension. This cross-linguistic adaptation effect was observed between Spanish and Catalan but not between English and French, suggesting language-specific mechanisms in speech perception.

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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Speech Perception
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Listeners show improved performance with artificially speeded speech over time.
  • This phenomenon is attributed to the perceptual system adapting to rapid speech rates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the underlying mechanisms of speech adaptation.
  • Examine cross-linguistic transfer of speech adaptation effects.

Main Methods:

  • Experiments involved bilingual and monolingual speakers of Spanish, Catalan, English, and French.
  • Participants listened to compressed speech in one language and were tested on another.

Main Results:

  • Cross-linguistic adaptation occurred between Spanish and Catalan, even in monolingual Spanish speakers.

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  • No adaptation transfer was found between English and French bilinguals.
  • Monolingual English speakers showed no adaptation from French but intermediate adaptation from Dutch.

    • Conclusions:

    • Speech adaptation mechanisms may be language-specific.
    • Findings suggest that phonological similarity or shared linguistic features influence cross-linguistic adaptation.
    • The locus of adaptation to compressed speech is further elucidated by these cross-linguistic comparisons.