Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese

Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Yu
Language:English
Published: Ohio University / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:
Acoustics
Linguistics
Health Sciences
Cognitive Psychology
Speaker Variability
Talker Variability
Mandarin Chinese
Speech Perception
Spoken Word Recognition
Psycholinguistics
Speech Science
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1497455092009666
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou14974550920096662021-08-03T07:02:54Z Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese Zhang, Yu Acoustics Linguistics Health Sciences Cognitive Psychology Speaker Variability Talker Variability Mandarin Chinese Speech Perception Spoken Word Recognition Psycholinguistics Speech Science Processing speech involves recognition of words in the face of acoustic variability. This dissertation examines the role of processing speaker variability in Mandarin word recognition. Tone language users contrast meaning using fundamental frequency patterns. Given the role of fundamental frequency in both voice and words, this dissertation addresses how speaker variability is resolved by tone language users. Two short-term priming experiments were designed to investigate the effect of speaker variability on processing phonological form and meaning in Mandarin word recognition. Prime-target pairs that are identical (e.g., 画面image–画面image) or semantically related (e.g., 声音sound–画面image) were presented to 48 native listeners in a lexical decision task. It was predicted that the magnitude of priming would be reduced when different speakers produced prime and target pairs. Results from reaction time analyses showed that speaker variability between prime and target reduced the magnitude of phonological priming. The magnitude of semantic priming was unaffected by speaker variability. These results suggest that speaker voice information is processed at a relatively shallow level in Mandarin word recognition. Speaker variability may affect phonological form processing instead of the semantic network in tone languages. These results were comparable to English data, where similar effects of speaker variability were observed. 2017-09-20 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1497455092009666 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1497455092009666 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Acoustics
Linguistics
Health Sciences
Cognitive Psychology
Speaker Variability
Talker Variability
Mandarin Chinese
Speech Perception
Spoken Word Recognition
Psycholinguistics
Speech Science
spellingShingle Acoustics
Linguistics
Health Sciences
Cognitive Psychology
Speaker Variability
Talker Variability
Mandarin Chinese
Speech Perception
Spoken Word Recognition
Psycholinguistics
Speech Science
Zhang, Yu
Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
author Zhang, Yu
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title Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
title_short Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
title_full Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
title_fullStr Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
title_full_unstemmed Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
title_sort processing speaker variability in spoken word recognition: evidence from mandarin chinese
publisher Ohio University / OhioLINK
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