声学测量可以预测声音中的性别感知吗?
Diego Henrique da Cruz Martinho1, Leonardo Wanderley Lopes2, Rodrigo Dornelas3
1Department of Human Development, Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil.
PloS one
|November 14, 2024
概括
听众的性别和背景影响了声音的性别感知. 与 cisgender 和语音语言病理学家 (SLP) 法官相比,跨性别和非二进制听众在语音分析中显示出更大的分歧.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 声学语音学的声音学
- 社会声学 社会声学
背景情况:
- 声乐性别呈现是一种复杂的特征,受到各种声学参数的影响.
- 听众对声乐性别的看法可能会受到他们自己的性别和上下文因素的影响.
- 了解这些影响对于语音分析和包容性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查声乐性别呈现与听者的性别和背景之间的关联.
- 分析不同听众群体如何在不同性别的扬声器中感知声音性别.
主要方法:
- 这是一项量化,横向的研究,涉及47名巴西葡萄牙语使用者.
- 声学测量 (16个参数) 和听觉感知评估 (APA) 由236名法官 (SLPs, cisgender 和跨性别/非二进制个体) 进行.
- 包括协议和多重线性回归模型在内的统计分析,以根据听众和扬声器特征预测APA.
主要成果:
- 声学分析显示,不同性别的基本频率 (fo) 和声质存在差异.
- 在法官组 (SLP,cisgender,跨性别/非二进制) 之间发现了APA的显著差异.
- 对APA的预测声学测量因样本类型,演讲者性别和评审组而异,对跨性别/非二进制演讲者使用更多特征.
结论:
- 语音性别感知与听众的性别/语境和说话者的性别有关.
- 与 cisgender 和 SLP 裁判相比,跨性别和非二进制法官在感知上表现出更大的分歧.
- 在分析跨性别和非二进制个人的言论时,所有评审小组都利用了更广泛的声学特征.
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