Cumulative Enhancement in Naïve L3 Tone Perception: The Perception of Pitch and Phonation Type [0.03%]
单纯三音集势的累积增强：对音高和声 setType:指令_RESPONSE
Yufei Niu,Peggy Pik Ki Mok
Yufei Niu
Previous research has shown that tonal second language (L2) experience can enhance the third language (L3) tone perception of native speakers of non-tone languages. However, tone is a multidimensional concept, and phonation type also serves...
The Relationship Between Semantic Memory Network and Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon: Evidence From a Large-Scale Diffusion MRI Dataset [0.03%]
语义记忆网络与失语症现象的关系：来自大规模扩散MRI数据集的证据
Ziyi He,Xiaoyan Gong,Cheng Wang
Ziyi He
The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon is traditionally considered a retrieval failure; however, it may also reflect cognitive advantages in semantic memory. Semantic memory refers to the repository of general world knowledge, including wor...
Revisiting the Benefits of Hand Gestures in L2 Pronunciation: Generalization Effects in Multi-Session Multimodal Phonetic Training [0.03%]
基于多阶段模态发音训练的二语口音手势助益泛化效应研究
Sichang Gao,Xiaotong Xi,Peng Li
Sichang Gao
Multimodal phonetic training with hand gestures can support L2 speech learning, but few studies have examined its generalization effects. In this between-subjects study with a pretest/post-test paradigm, 39 Japanese learners of Mandarin pra...
Osnat Segal,Zipora Yegudayev
Osnat Segal
This study examined how infants exploit an interlocutor's eye gaze for word learning, using a novel eye-tracking paradigm. The final sample included 25 Hebrew-speaking infants aged 12 and 18 months. Infants completed three experimental phas...
Is "Intrinsic Vowel Duration" Bio-Mechanical or More? Preliminary Results from Northwestern Italian [0.03%]
“固有元音时长”是生物力学的还是更多？来自意大利西北部的初步结果
Stefano Coretta
Stefano Coretta
A well-known property of vowel duration is that it tends to be mediated by vowel height: higher vowels are usually shorter than lower vowels (aka "intrinsic vowel duration"). Results from previous work on a limited number of languages sugge...
Chelsea Sanker
Chelsea Sanker
Speakers' perception of phonemes can be shifted based on hearing tokens of them with altered acoustic characteristics, and those shifts are extended to phonemes not heard during exposure. The patterns of extension from one vowel to others c...
A Multi-CEFR-Level Learner Corpus Study to Quantify Fluency and Accuracy in Speech [0.03%]
一项多CEFR水平学习者语料库研究，量化口语流利度和准确度
Lan-Fen Huang,Tomáš Gráf
Lan-Fen Huang
This study strengthens the validation of learner speech assessment in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) by analyzing the quantitative variables related to fluency and accuracy across four CEFR levels (A2, B1, B2, and C1). Dr...
What Determines Personality Impressions of Synthetic and Natural Voices? The Effects of Voice Quality and Intonation [0.03%]
合成和自然声音的人格印象取决于什么？音质和语调的影响
Minjeong Kim,Jaehan Park,Minhong Jeong et al.
Minjeong Kim et al.
The present study investigated how acoustic and phonetic characteristics of synthetic and natural voices affect personality impressions of the voices. To this end, we conducted a personality rating experiment in which 30 native Korean speak...
Unveiling Denasalization as an Ongoing Sound Change: The Role of Prosody and Gender in Seoul Korean [0.03%]
有声词素的缺失：首尔韩语中语音和性别的作用
Jiyoung Jang,Jungah Lee,Jiyoung Lee et al.
Jiyoung Jang et al.
This study examines variation in coarticulatory vowel nasalization in Seoul Korean as a function of prosodic boundaries and gender, exploring its role in an emerging denasalization sound change. Coarticulatory vowel nasality, measured by A1...
Listening Effort Across Non-Native and Regional Accents: A Pupillometry Study [0.03%]
外语和地方口音下的听觉理解难度：一种瞳孔测量研究
Marc Barnard,Scott Kunkel,Rémi Lamarque et al.
Marc Barnard et al.
Previous work has shown that L2-accented speech incurs a processing cost even when accurately understood. It remains unknown, however, whether an online processing cost is found when listeners process speech produced in L1 accents that are ...