Structure in talker-specific phonetic realization: Covariation of stop consonant VOT in American English

Chodroff, Eleanor; Wilson, Colin

doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2017.01.001

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“…For example, Theodore, Miller and DeSteno (2009) found that there were residual differences for individuals in VOT even after accounting for differences in speaking rate. Recent work has found further structure with this pattern, namely, that individual speakers who have longer VOTs for one category tend to have longer VOTs for the others (Chodroff & Wilson, 2017). That is, a speaker with a fairly long VOT for /k/ typically had a relatively long VOT for /t/ and /p/ as well.…”

Section: Complicationsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Voice Onset Time (VOT) at 50: Theoretical and practical issues in measuring voicing distinctions

Abramson

Whalen

2017

Journal of Phonetics

138

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Just over fifty years ago, Lisker and Abramson proposed a straightforward measure of acoustic differences among stop consonants of different voicing categories, voice onset time (VOT). Since that time, hundreds of studies have used this method. Here, we review the original definition of VOT, propose some extensions to the definition, and discuss some problematic cases. We propose a set of terms for the most important aspects of VOT and a set of Praat labels that could provide some consistency for future cross-study analyses. Although additions of other aspects of realization of voicing distinctions (F0, amplitude, duration of voicelessness) could be considered, they are rejected as adding too much complexity for what has turned out to be one of the most frequently used metrics in phonetics and phonology.

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Section: Complicationsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Voice Onset Time (VOT) at 50: Theoretical and practical issues in measuring voicing distinctions

Abramson

Whalen

2017

Journal of Phonetics

138

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“…Vowel-to-vowel coarticulation, for example, has been shown to vary according to the size of the vowel inventory of the language; the larger the number of contrastive vowels, the less vowel-to-vowel coarticulation is observed [16] (though see [17]). VOT realization has also been shown to co-vary across place of articulation across speaker [18]. Here, we ask whether the realization of /s/ is constrained by the realization of /S/ and, if so, whether this contrast effect would modulate the prosodic and frequency effects discussed above.…”

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Non-segmental conditioning of sibilant variation in American English

Phillips¹,

Chen²,

Yu³

2018

Speech Prosody 2018

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Variation, both between and within speakers, is ubiquitous in language. Examining and understanding this variation is crucial not only to questions of sociolinguistics and sound change but also to the study of prosody and phonology more broadly. The present study contributes to the literature on interand intra-speaker variation in speech production, examining the phonetic realization of prevocalic /s/ in American English using recordings from a longitudinal phonetic corpus of oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States. Specifically, this study examines the role of non-segmental factors conditioning the observed variation, focusing on prosodic prominence, segment duration, phonological contrast and lexical frequency. Significant effects for segment duration, speakers' average /sh/ centroid frequency and word position were observed, with higher centroid frequency values observed in instances of /s/ with a longer relative duration, in word-initial positions, or for speakers with a higher mean /sh/ centroid frequency. There was also significant individual variation in the effects of duration, prosodic prominence and phonological contrast. These results provide further evidence for place of articulation contrast strengthening in prominent positions with novel evidence for place of articulation contrast strengthening in sibilants.

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“…They found a significant correlation in the use of spectral (r = 0.60) and temporal (r = 0.55) cues in Korean learners' perception of the English /i/-/ɪ/ and /ɛ/-/ae/ contrasts. Recent production studies provide a different kind of evidence for the systematicity of individual differences: Chodroff and Wilson (2017) show that variability in individual cue use is constrained and systematic, with similar patterns of cue use across parallel contrasts (see also Clayards, 2018a).…”

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Language Specificity in Phonetic Cue Weighting: Monolingual and Bilingual Perception of the Stop Voicing Contrast in English and Spanish

2019

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Background/Aims: This work examines the perception of the stop voicing contrast in Spanish and English along four acoustic dimensions, comparing monolingual and bilingual listeners. Our primary goals are to test the extent to which cue-weighting strategies are language-specific in monolinguals, and whether this language specificity extends to bilingual listeners. Methods: Participants categorized sounds varying in voice onset time (VOT, the primary cue to the contrast) and three secondary cues: fundamental frequency at vowel onset, first formant (F1) onset frequency, and stop closure duration. Listeners heard acoustically identical target stimuli, within language-specific carrier phrases, in English and Spanish modes. Results: While all listener groups used all cues, monolingual English listeners relied more on F1, and less on closure duration, than monolingual Spanish listeners, indicating language specificity in cue use. Early bilingual listeners used the three secondary cues similarly in English and Spanish, despite showing language-specific VOT boundaries. Conclusion: While our findings reinforce previous work demonstrating language-specific phonetic representations in bilinguals in terms of VOT boundary, they suggest that this specificity may not extend straightforwardly to cue-weighting strategies.

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Structure in talker-specific phonetic realization: Covariation of stop consonant VOT in American English

Cited by 85 publications

References 108 publications

Voice Onset Time (VOT) at 50: Theoretical and practical issues in measuring voicing distinctions

Voice Onset Time (VOT) at 50: Theoretical and practical issues in measuring voicing distinctions

Non-segmental conditioning of sibilant variation in American English

Language Specificity in Phonetic Cue Weighting: Monolingual and Bilingual Perception of the Stop Voicing Contrast in English and Spanish

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