辅音延长标志着各种语言样本中的单词的开始
Frederic Blum1,2, Ludger Paschen3, Robert Forkel4
1Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. frederic_blum@eva.mpg.de.
Nature human behaviour
|September 24, 2024
概括
人类语音细分依赖于声学线索. 这项研究发现,单词初始辅音在51种语言中变长,有助于在连续演讲中检测单词边界.
科学领域:
- 语音学和语音学 语音学和语音学
- 语言声学语言声学
- 语音感知 语音感知
背景情况:
- 人类的语音感知包括将连续的声信号分割成像单词这样的离散单元.
- 促进单词细分的声学特性尚未完全理解,并且在不同语言之间存在差异.
- 单词初始辅音延长是一种潜在的,但尚未研究的,用于标记单词发作的机制.
研究的目的:
- 调查单词初始辅音延长的跨语言流行情况.
- 确定辅音延长是否可以作为语音细分的通用策略.
- 探索有助于处理连续语音的声学特性.
主要方法:
- 从51种语言的类型学上多样化的样本中分析了声学数据.
- 采用贝叶斯的多级回归来评估辅音持续时间.
- 词初音和词中音的时间比较.
主要成果:
- 发现单词初始辅音平均比单词中间辅音长大约13毫秒.
- 这种辅音延长效应在大多数样本语言中被观察到.
- 这些发现表明,标记单词发病的广泛的声学策略.
结论:
- 单词初始辅音延长是一种常见的声学策略,支持跨多种语言的语音细分.
- 这种机制有助于导航语音的连续声学信号.
- 了解这种现象对于增量语音处理理论至关重要.
相关概念视频
Language Development
327
Children master language quickly and with relative ease, supported by both biological predisposition and reinforcement. B. F. Skinner (1957) proposed that language is learned through reinforcement, while Noam Chomsky (1965) argued that language acquisition mechanisms are biologically determined.
The critical period for language acquisition suggests that the ability to acquire language is at its peak early in life. As people age, this proficiency decreases. Language development begins very...
The critical period for language acquisition suggests that the ability to acquire language is at its peak early in life. As people age, this proficiency decreases. Language development begins very...
327
Language and Cognition
336
Language serves as a bridge between ideas and communication, influencing how individuals perceive and interact with the world. Psychologists have long debated whether language shapes thought or vice versa. This discussion gained grip with Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf in the 1940s, who proposed that language determines thought, a concept known as linguistic determinism. They suggested that the vocabulary and structure of a language influence how its speakers think and perceive reality.
336
Interference: Path Lengths
1.3K
Consider two sources of sound, that may or may not be in phase, emitting waves at a single frequency, and consider the frequencies to be the same.
Two special sources may be considered when they are in phase. This can be easily achieved by feeding the two sources from the same source. An example would be synchronizing the two speakers by feeding them with the same source, such as the sound waves produced by a tuning fork. This setup ensures that the two sources have the same frequency and are...
Two special sources may be considered when they are in phase. This can be easily achieved by feeding the two sources from the same source. An example would be synchronizing the two speakers by feeding them with the same source, such as the sound waves produced by a tuning fork. This setup ensures that the two sources have the same frequency and are...
1.3K
Sound Waves: Resonance
2.6K
Resonance is produced depending on the boundary conditions imposed on a wave. Resonance can be produced in a string under tension with symmetrical boundary conditions (i.e., has a node at each end). A node is defined as a fixed point where the string does not move. The symmetrical boundary conditions result in some frequencies resonating and producing standing waves, while other frequencies interfere destructively. Sound waves can resonate in a hollow tube, and the frequencies of the sound...
2.6K
Echo
494
The human ear cannot distinguish between two sources of sound if they happen to reach within a specific time interval, typically 0.1 seconds apart. More than this, and they are perceived as separate sources.
Imagine the sound is reflected back to the ears. Assuming that the source is very close to the human, the difference between hearing the two sounds—the emitted sound and the reflected sound—may be more than the minimum time for perceiving distinct sounds. If this is the case,...
Imagine the sound is reflected back to the ears. Assuming that the source is very close to the human, the difference between hearing the two sounds—the emitted sound and the reflected sound—may be more than the minimum time for perceiving distinct sounds. If this is the case,...
494
Larynx
1.3K
The human larynx, often referred to as the voice box, is an intricate organ located in the neck. It serves as a pathway for air to enter the lungs during respiration and is an essential component of voice production.
Anatomy of the Larynx
The larynx consists of various components, including cartilage, muscles, and vocal cords. Its structure includes three large unpaired cartilages—the thyroid, cricoid, and epiglottis—and three smaller paired cartilages—the arytenoids,...
Anatomy of the Larynx
The larynx consists of various components, including cartilage, muscles, and vocal cords. Its structure includes three large unpaired cartilages—the thyroid, cricoid, and epiglottis—and three smaller paired cartilages—the arytenoids,...
1.3K


