Phonetic Convergence in Shadowed Speech: The Relation Between Acoustic and Perceptual Measures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2013
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Memory and Language
Abstract
The current study investigates the influence of lexical factors on phonetic convergence and explores the relationship between acoustic and perceptual measures of convergence. A set of talkers produced baseline and shadowed tokens of target words that varied in frequency and phonological neighbor density independently. Experiment 1 demonstrated the impact of lexical factors on vowel dispersion in speech production. In Experiment 2, separate listeners judged the relative similarity of shadowed to model tokens in an AXB perceptual test of phonetic convergence. Acoustic measures of inter-talker distances in duration, fundamental frequency, and vowel formants for baseline and shadowed speech were compared to the perceptual measures. A mixed-effects regression model using a combination of acoustic convergence measures predicted perceived phonetic convergence better than lexical factors or individual acoustic attributes alone. These findings have important methodological and theoretical implications for understanding the complexities of phonetic convergence. Studies of convergence should consider examining acoustic and perceptual measures in tandem. Lexical factors impact speech production and perception, but their effects appear to be independent of those that evoke phonetic convergence.
DOI
10.1016/j.jml.2013.06.002
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Pardo, Jennifer; Jordan, Kelly; Mallari, Rolliene; Scanlon, Caitlin; and Lewandowski, Eva, "Phonetic Convergence in Shadowed Speech: The Relation Between Acoustic and Perceptual Measures" (2013). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 372.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/372
Published Citation
Pardo, J. S., Jordan, K., Mallari, R., Scanlon, C., & Lewandowski, E. (2013). Phonetic convergence in shadowed speech: The relation between acoustic and perceptual measures. Journal of Memory and Language, 69(3), 183–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2013.06.002
