澳大利亚英语听众对日本母音长度的看法揭示了潜在的语音知识
Kakeru Yazawa1, James Whang2, Paola Escudero3
1Institutes of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Frontiers in psychology
|November 13, 2023
概括
澳大利亚的英语发言人感知到日本的母音长度,与美国的英语发言人不同. 这表明,持续时间线索对澳大利亚英语听众至关重要,即使对于非母语元音,支持基于特征的语音感知模型.
科学领域:
- 语音学和语音学 语音学和语音学
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 声学语音分析语音分析
背景情况:
- 原生语音学显著塑造了语音感知,特别是母音声音的歧视.
- 之前对英语元音感知的研究主要集中在美国英语上,忽视了区域差异.
- 英语品种在语音元音长度上有所不同,这会影响听众如何处理元音持续时间对比.
研究的目的:
- 调查澳大利亚本土的英语听众如何感知日本母音长度对比.
- 为了比较澳大利亚英语的元音感知与之前报告的美国英语模式.
- 探索持续时间与光谱线索在非母语母音感知中对澳大利亚英语发言者的作用.
主要方法:
- 一个强迫选择的实验是对二十个单语澳大利亚英语听众进行的.
- 参与者根据其与澳大利亚本土英语母音类别的相似性对日语长和短母音进行了分类.
- 在分类任务中,隐含考虑了元音持续时间和光谱属性的声学分析.
主要成果:
- 澳大利亚英语听众根据持续时间对日本的长和短母音进行了分类,将它们与本地长和短的澳大利亚英语母音对齐.
- 这与美国英语听众形成鲜明对比,他们认为日本的元音主要是紧张的,不论长度如何.
- 澳大利亚英语听众的基于持续时间的分类甚至发生在具有光谱不匹配的元音中,突出显示了持续时间线索的首要性.
结论:
- 持续线索在澳大利亚英语听众对母语和非母语母音的感知中发挥着重要作用.
- 研究结果支持基于特征的语音感知框架,强调共享的语音特征,如长度.
- 这项研究对理解第二语言和外语学习有意义,特别是对于具有独特声学特征的英语变种.
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