This paper reports on a multilingual investigation into the effects of different masker types on native and non-native perception in a VCV consonant recognition task. Native listeners outperformed 7 other language groups, but all groups showed a similar ranking of maskers. Strong first language (L1) interference was observed, both from the sound system and from the L1 orthography. Universal acoustic-perceptual tendencies are also at work in both native and non-native sound identifications in noise. The effect of linguistic distance, however, was less clear: in large multilingual studies, listener variables may overpower other factors.
The non-native consonant challenge for European languages / García Lecumberri, M. L.; Cooke, M.; Cutugno, Francesco; Giurgiu, M.; Meyer, B. T.; Scharenborg, O.; van Dommelen, W.; Volin, J.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2008), pp. 1781-1784. (Intervento presentato al convegno Interspeech 2008 tenutosi a Brisbane nel 22-26 settembre 2008).
The non-native consonant challenge for European languages
CUTUGNO, FRANCESCO;
2008
Abstract
This paper reports on a multilingual investigation into the effects of different masker types on native and non-native perception in a VCV consonant recognition task. Native listeners outperformed 7 other language groups, but all groups showed a similar ranking of maskers. Strong first language (L1) interference was observed, both from the sound system and from the L1 orthography. Universal acoustic-perceptual tendencies are also at work in both native and non-native sound identifications in noise. The effect of linguistic distance, however, was less clear: in large multilingual studies, listener variables may overpower other factors.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
