暴露对方言特异性全音变化的感知评估的影响
1Department of Linguistics & TESOL, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76010, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|February 20, 2026
概括
对方言的接触会影响我们如何感知元音. 较少接触方言特定的声音会使它们看起来更相似,影响语言表达和声学发展.
科学领域:
- 语音学和语音学 语音学和语音学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 方言变化中的全音模式可以塑造听众的认知语言表征.
- 之前关于声学变化的研究主要使用生产数据,需要基于感知的见解.
研究的目的:
- 调查如何对美国英语元音 /æ/ 和 /aɪ/ 的方言特异性全音模式的不同暴露影响听众的感知相似性判断.
- 通过使用新的感知数据,检查语音化理论.
主要方法:
- 对来自俄俄州两个地区的听众进行了比较分析,这些听众的全音暴露程度不同 (俄俄州东北部与俄俄州中部).
- 利用感知相似性判断任务来评估听众的行为.
- 专注于 /æ/ 和 /aɪ/ 的全音模式中的声学区分.
主要成果:
- 听众对方言特异性全音的接触较少,他们认为同一个语音的上下文全音更相似.
- 对方言变化的更大暴露导致听众感知到全方位音之间的相似性较小.
- 曝光水平直接影响全音声的认知表征中的语音对比度.
结论:
- 这些发现支持了后期抽象的语音化理论.
- 在持续的社区声音变化过程中,声学抽象性逐渐发展.
- 感知数据为声音变化和方言影响机制提供了关键的见解.
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