语音语言背景对音调感知中的暗示集成的影响
May Pik Yu Chan1, Jianjing Kuang1
1Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6228, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|August 11, 2023
概括
母语和音乐性不会影响语音质量,而语音感知中的语音暗示集成. 音乐性,而不是语言,预测依赖于音高线索而不是语音质量线索,这表明这是一个普遍现象.
科学领域:
- 精神声学是一种精神声学.
- 语言学的语言学.
- 听觉感知是一种听觉感知.
背景情况:
- 之前的研究发现,英语和普通话说者之间没有音调感知差异.
- 广东语及其平坦的音调被调查,看看它是否会影响音调感知策略.
- 研究了音乐在整合听觉线索中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查广东语说话者的母语是否影响语音质量,以及语音感知中的语音暗示集成.
- 为了确定音乐性和音调感知策略之间的关系.
- 评估音调感知是语言特异性的还是普遍的精神声学现象.
主要方法:
- 一个强制选择的音调分类实验,具有不同的光谱斜率和基本频率 (fo).
- 音乐背景,经验和音乐能力 (MBEMA) 测试用于量化音乐性.
- 与英语和普通话说者对广东语说者的表现的比较.
主要成果:
- 与英语和普通话说者相比,广东语说者在分类或感知转移方面没有显著差异.
- 广东语说话者没有表现出更高的音乐性.
- 音乐性显著预测了音调感知策略,更高的音乐性与更大的依赖焦点线索有关.
结论:
- 语音质量整合到音调感知中不是特定于语言的.
- 音乐性,而不是母语,似乎是基调感知策略的关键因素.
- 这些发现表明,在非词汇音调感知中整合语音质量的普遍精神声学基础.
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