说话风格和语义可预测性对母音生成的影响
Yujin Song1, Cynthia G Clopper1
1Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|November 26, 2024
概括
演讲者根据听众的需要调整语音清晰度,为不太熟练的非母语者增强元音. 语义可预测性也会影响言语,尤其是在与需要更多支持的听众互动时.
科学领域:
- 语音学 语音学 语音学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 语音沟通 语音沟通
背景情况:
- 面向听众的帐户表明,语音增强可以提高面临沟通困难的对话者的清晰度.
- 语音增强中的语义可预测性及其与听众特定调整的相互作用的作用仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究说话者如何调整语音以适应听众的熟练程度和语义可预测性.
- 为了确定语义可预测性效应是否与面向听者的语音调整过程相互作用.
主要方法:
- 实验研究使用三个听力能力条件 (本地语,高非本地语,低非本地语).
- 操纵了两个可预测性上下文 (低语义可预测性和高语义可预测性).
- 对母音持续时间和F2分散进行了声学分析.
主要成果:
- 发言者产生更长,更分散的元音低水平的非母语听众.
- 在低可预测性背景下,与高可预测性背景相比,母音更长.
- 在可预测性较低的环境中,声母F2被增加,但仅适用于低水平的非母语听众.
结论:
- 听众评价显著影响了语音增强策略.
- 面向听众的过程可以影响语音可预测性效应,特别是对于特定的声学测量和听众群体.
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