Preceding phonetic context affects perception of nonspeech (L)

2003 ◽  
Vol 114 (6) ◽  
pp. 3036-3039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph D. W. Stephens ◽  
Lori L. Holt
Keyword(s):  
Phonetic Context

A Variationist Analysis of Second Language Spanish Trill Production

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Danielle Daidone ◽  
Sara Zahler
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
Phonetic Context

Abstract The current study examines the production of the Spanish trill by advanced second language (L2) learners using a variationist approach. Findings indicate that learners produced less multiple occlusion trills than native speakers and their variation was not constrained by the same factors as native speakers. Phonetic context conditioned the use of the multiple occlusion variant for native speakers, whereas frequency and speaker sex conditioned this variation for learners, and in the opposite direction of effect as expected from previous native speaker research. Nevertheless, the majority of tokens produced by learners were other variants also produced by native speakers, and when the variation between native and non-native variants was examined, learners’ variation was conditioned not only by frequency, but also phonetic context. Some of the phonetic contexts in which learners produced non-native variants were comparable to those in which native speakers were least likely to produce the multiple occlusion trill, indicating that articulatory constraints governed variation in trill production similarly for both groups. Thus, although L2 learners do not exhibit native-like trill variation, they appear to be developing toward a more native-like norm. These insights provide support for adopting a multifaceted variationist approach to the study of L2 phonological variable structures.

Development of Velar Consonants among Normal Two-Year-Olds

1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice T. Dyson
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
Single Word ◽  
Total Group ◽  
Word Position ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Phonetic Context

This study examined the frequency of occurrence of velar deviations in spontaneous single-word utterances over a 6-month period for 40 children who ranged in age from 1:11 (years:months) to 3:1 at the first observation. The productions of a subset of 14 children whose percentage of occurrence of velar deviations was greater than the mean of the total group were examined further to describe the types of velar deviations and the effects of word position and phonetic context. Results indicated that velars presented difficulty for less than half of the children. In the subgroup the type of deviation and the percentage of correct velars appeared to vary with the position in the word, the vowel environment, and the velar's function as a singleton or as one segment of a cluster.

Reassessing the influence of word position on the variation of Spanish syllable-final s

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-441
Author(s):  
Marko Kapovic
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Ciudad Real ◽  
Word Position ◽  
Phonetic Context ◽  
Internal Context

Word position, together with the following phonetic context, is generally considered to be one of the most important linguistic factors that condition the weakening of Spanish syllable-final s. In this article a critical look is taken at the ways its influence has been studied up to this date, and, based on the data from our own previous research in Ciudad Real, Spain, a more precise way of assessing its relevance is proposed. It is argued that the procedure of comparing one word-internal context (preconsonantal) with three word-final ones (preconsonantal, prevocalic and prepausal) is fundamentally flawed, and it is suggested that the possible influence of all contextual factors needs to be eliminated for us to be able to appraise the actual importance of the distributional factors. When assessed in this way, word position seems to play a far more marginal role than is usually considered.

Effects of Auditory Feedback and Phonetic Context on Stomal Noise in Laryngectomized Speakers

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Till ◽  
Kathie E. England ◽  
Cindy B. Law-Till
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Feedback ◽  
Noise Intensity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Esophageal Speech ◽  
Phonetic Context ◽  
Speech Token

Stomal noise intensity during esophageal speech was measured in 7 laryngectomized subjects during amplified monaural auditory feedback and during control conditions without feedback. A significant (5–10 dB) reduction in stomal noise was observed when auditory feedback was applied. The conditions without feedback were designed to provide additional information regarding the effects of the initial phonetic element in the esophageal speech token on stomal noise. During the control conditions, esophageal speech tokens beginning with voiceless consonants resulted in significantly more stomal noise than was present for the other speech tokens. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.

Normative data on nasalance scores for Farsi speaking children: Influence of age, gender and phonetic context

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 109680
Author(s):  
Reihane Saber-Moghadam ◽  
Maryam Faham ◽  
Fatemeh-Sadat Ghavami ◽  
Zahra Ghayoumi-Anaraki
Keyword(s):  
Normative Data ◽  
Phonetic Context

Contrastive Stress, Phonetic Context, and Misarticulation of /r/ in Young Speakers

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. McCauley ◽  
Linda Lilley Skenes
Keyword(s):  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Experimental Task ◽  
Primary Stress ◽  
Phonetic Context ◽  
Main Effects

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of contrastive stress and phonetic context on misarticulations of consonantal /r/. Subjects were 9 children between the ages of 4:5 (years:months) and 5:7 who exhibited normal articulation development but inconsistently misarticulated /r/. The experimental task was designed to elicit consonantal /r/ in two phonetic contexts ([rV] & [CrV]) and two stress conditions (primary & nonprimary stress). Three listeners who were naive to the experimental hypotheses judged the children's productions for accuracy of /r/ production and for stress. Significant main effects were obtained for context and stress: /r/ productions were more often judged as correct in clusters than in singletons and in words not receiving primary stress than in words receiving primary stress. Results are discussed in terms of the possible effects of production and perceptual variables on listener judgments. Inferences are drawn concerning future research on speaker and listener effects in the study of articulation.

scholarly journals Acoustic variability within and across German, French, and American English vowels: Phonetic context effects

2007 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 1111-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winifred Strange ◽  
Andrea Weber ◽  
Erika S. Levy ◽  
Valeriy Shafiro ◽  
Miwako Hisagi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Context Effects ◽  
American English ◽  
English Vowels ◽  
Acoustic Variability ◽  
Phonetic Context
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