Línguas diferentes, vozes distintas: evidências da fala de bilíngues em português e inglês

Engelbert, Ana Paula Petriu Ferreira; Kluge, Denise Cristina; Silva, Adelaide Hercília Pescatori

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2016v69n1p33

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“…As previously mentioned, speech and voice perception have different impacts according to the listener's language and cultural background; individuals from different countries analyze the same voice differently, and an aspect that can be positive for one culture can be negative for another [23,[34][35][36][37]. For instance, roughness is more evident in Italian than in French [24], and H1-H2, an acoustic measure related to breathiness, is neglectable in segmental aspects of English and Thai when compared with Gujarati [35]. It is also known that speakers of different languages have different sensitivities for the same voice quality; for instance, Japanese and Chinese listeners prefer a higher fundamental frequency and less breathy sounds than Brazilians, who prefer more breathy sounds and a lower fundamental frequency [36].…”

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The Impact of Languages and Cultural Backgrounds on Voice Quality Analyses

Englert

Latoszek

Behlau

2021

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Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the influence of different cultural backgrounds and languages on the perception of voice quality. Another aim was to evaluate the correlation between clinical auditory-perceptual judgments with acoustic measurements, such as the acoustic voice quality index (AVQI) and the acoustic breathiness index (ABI), i.e., their effect on the concurrent validity. Methods: Brazilian and European participants rated 2 culturally and linguistically different datasets (i.e., 150 Brazilian Portuguese and 218 German voice sample sets), with each dataset containing concatenated voice samples of continuous speech and sustained phonation. The raters evaluated the vocal quality in terms of the overall voice quality and breathiness. Intra- and interrater reliabilities were also tested. The psychometric qualities of the AVQI and the ABI (concurrent validity and diagnostic accuracy) were analyzed, considering the perceptual ratings of Brazilian and European participants for each dataset. Results: Rater reliability decreased for nonnative participants when evaluating the nonnative dataset. Brazilian raters perceived the German voices as more severe, whereas German raters considered the overall voice quality of Brazilian voices as less severe than native raters. The concurrent validity of the AVQI and the ABI, i.e., the agreement with the auditory-perceptual evaluations, was high irrespectively of the group of participants. The diagnostic accuracy, which refers to the ability to identify a deviated voice, was higher, considering the perceptual evaluations of native listeners. Conclusions: Brazilian raters classified voice quality as more deviated, and the Brazilian voice samples were measured to be less severe (a possible language characteristic). Further studies are necessary to verify whether there was a task or sample consequence or if adjustments to the AVQI and ABI equations are required for Brazilian Portuguese.

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“…Vocal characteristics may vary among different languages in terms of clinical assessment. For instance, roughness perception is more evident in Italian than in French [24], and Brazilian Portuguese is breathier than English [25]. The language itself may provide different concurrent validities and diagnostic accuracy values for the indexes.…”

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