在清晰的演讲中,多模式跨语言感知普通话的音调
Yuyu Zeng1, Keith K W Leung2, Allard Jongman1
1Department of Linguistics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Frontiers in human neuroscience
|October 13, 2023
概括
清晰的语音通过使用特定的线索来增强普通话音调的视觉感知,提高母语和非母语使用者在听觉视觉模式上的可理解性.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 语音感知 语音感知
- 语音学 语音学 语音学
背景情况:
- 清晰的语音,以明显的口音和声学为特征,提高了听觉视觉 (AV) 分段的可理解性.
- 关于清晰语言对超分段感知,特别是词汇语调和视觉线索的影响的研究仍然有限.
- 词汇音调依赖于非声道配置,这引发了关于其视觉独特性和清晰语音增强的问题.
研究的目的:
- 调查清晰的言语是否增强了普通话词汇音调的视觉可理解性.
- 为了确定是否可理解性增长是由于音调特定 (基于代码) 或音调一般 (基于信号) 的清晰语音线索.
- 为本地和非本地感知者在仅视觉,仅听觉和AV模式中检查这些效应.
主要方法:
- 在清晰与普通话条件下检查了普通话的音调识别.
- 使用仅视觉,仅听觉和听觉视觉 (AV) 输入方式.
- 母语 (普通话) 和非母语 (英语) 发言者的相对感知.
主要成果:
- 基于代码的清晰语音修改 (视觉和声学) 影响了母语和非母语语音的可理解性.
- 增强类别的线索提高了可理解性,而模糊类别的线索则降低了可理解性.
- 基于信号的线索受益于非原生语言,但不是原生语言的可理解性,尽管它们的广泛可用性.
结论:
- 有关语言的词汇语调的视觉线索存在,并且在清晰的演讲中使用.
- 清晰的语言结合了音色类别增强线索与突出增强线索跨AV模式,以提高可理解性.
- 这些发现凸显了音色感知的多模式性质,以及清晰的语言在增强音色感知方面的特殊作用.
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