Asymmetries in the perception of speech production errors

Pouplier, Marianne; Goldstein, Louis

doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2004.04.001

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“…To test this, a parallel experiment was undertaken using an alternate error induction task that does not involve repetition but rather relies on the visual presentation of primes that tend to provoke errors on an immediately following test trial, that is, the SLIP technique (Motley & Baars, 1976). The results (described elsewhere Pouplier, 2003bPouplier, , 2005 show that gradient gestural intrusion errors of precisely the kind reported above are also commonly observed in this task that does not involve any overt repetition. As in the present experiment, the intrusion bias, resulting in ill-formed errors, 18 emerges as a statistically significant effect in this task that lacks any repetition component.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…also Dell & Repka, 1982;Postma & Noordanus, 1996 on speech errors in inner speech). So while, as with many laboratory speech experiments, we cannot confirm the complete generalizability of our findings to natural non-laboratory speech, we can minimally state with confidence that gradient, gestural (subsegmental) errors are observed in both this repetitive and in the nonrepetitive task designed to elicit speech errors (Pouplier, 2003b(Pouplier, , 2005. We further speculate, based on these two studies, that these errors and the oscillatory dynamics that underlie them are occurring at the speech planning level Saltzman et al, 2006), rather than purely at the level of low-level articulatory execution.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Although unit substitution cannot account for the most frequent type of error we observed, it is, however, possible that gestural intrusion errors like the ones we report here underlie the common error types reported in the transcription literature. In separate work (Pouplier & Goldstein, 2005), it is demonstrated that intrusions that are large in magnitude may be perceived by listeners as segmental substitutions (thus accounting for the frequency of transcribed substitution errors), but those that are of smaller magnitude are often imperceptible, meaning that such tokens are perceived as well-formed and error-free despite the fact that articulatorily they are clearly not (thus accounting for the apparent wellformedness).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, the repetition task makes minimal demands on planning and might be thought, therefore, to be more revealing of units in execution rather than those involved in speech planning. However, the results from the SLIP experiment (Pouplier, 2003b(Pouplier, , 2005 further show that gradient gestural intrusion can appear on the first consonant of an experimental trial, arguably before the dynamics of execution have become established. Further, individuals anecdotally notice that for the task we have presented, errors can "occur in one's head" in silent speech lacking any vocal tract movement; this also lends support to the role of these dynamics in speech planning (cf.…”

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Dynamic action units slip in speech production errors

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In the past, the nature of the compositional units proposed for spoken language has largely diverged from the types of control units pursued in the domains of other skilled motor tasks. A classic source of evidence as to the units structuring speech has been patterns observed in speech errors -"slips of the tongue". The present study reports, for the first time, on kinematic data from tongue and lip movements during speech errors elicited in the laboratory using a repetition task. Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that speech production results from the assembly of dynamically defined action units -gestures -in a linguistically structured environment. The experimental results support both the presence of gestural units and the dynamical properties of these units and their coordination. This study of speech articulation shows that it is possible to develop a principled account of spoken language within a more general theory of action.

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“…These measures of the VOT and burst properties of stops are meant to look for small effects that might have been missed in transcription, e.g., reduction or hyperarticulation of ejectives in correctly produced phonotactically illegal roots, or relics of attempted ejection in incorrect repetitions. Previous studies that have looked at the phonetic details of errors in experimental tasks have found acoustic and articulatory effects that were not reflected in transcription (Frisch and Wright 2002;Pouplier and Goldstein 2005;Goldrick and Blumstein 2006). The results pertaining to each of these effects are discussed in turn.…”

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An identity bias in phonotactics: Evidence from Cochabamba Quechua

Gallagher¹

2014

Laboratory Phonology

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Speakers of Cochabamba Quechua (CQ) participated in two tasks involving phonotactically illegal nonce forms with pairs of identical (e.g., [p'ap'u]) and non-identical ejectives (e.g., [k'ap'u]). In a repetition task, speakers were more accurate on identical than non-identical ejective pairs, though no asymmetry was found in an ABX discrimination task, nor in acoustic analysis of nonce roots with identical and non-identical ejective pairs. The latent preference for identical ejectives is unexpected given the phonotactics of CQ, which categorically disallows both identical and non-identical ejective pairs. The asymmetry is in accord with the typology, however. Many languages systematically exempt identical segments from a phonotactic restriction that applies to non-identical segments. It is argued that this cross-linguistic identity preference has its roots in a synchronic bias in favor of identical segments.

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Speech Production and Perception

Fowler¹,

Iskarous²

2012

Handbook of Psychology, Second Edition

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One way to investigate speech motor learning is to create artificial adaptation situations by perturbing speakers' auditory feedback in real time. Formant perturbations were introduced by Houde and Jordan (1998), providing the first evidence that speakers adapt their pronunciation to compensate for these perturbations. Twenty years later, this chapter provides an overview of the general impact of Houde and Jordan's work in speech research and beyond, as well as a more detailed review of studies that involve formant perturbations. The impact of Houde and Jordan's work appears to be cross-disciplinary. Although mainly related to speech production and perception, it has also been cited in the limb movement and even animal research, mainly as evidence of adaptive sensorimotor control. Formant perturbations research has expanded rapidly since 2006, spreading across the world and many research teams. We identified 77 experimental studies focused on formant perturbations which we then analyzed with regard to technical and theoretical issues. This analysis showed that various apparatuses and procedures were used to address important topics of speech research. A primary interest has been in feedback and feedforward control mechanisms in speech. These mechanisms were addressed in different populations, including adults and children with typical vs. atypical development, with behavioral or neurophysiological approaches, or both. Some formant perturbations studies more specifically focused on the integration of auditory and somatosensory feedback in speech production, while others explored the interaction between speech production and perception of phonemic contrasts. Some research questioned the processes and the nature of speech representations by investigating generalization of adaptation to formant perturbations. Finally, a few studies were interested in the effect of extraneous variables such as surface effects or speakers' general cognitive abilities. Altogether, these studies provide insights into speech motor control in general and into the understanding of sensorimotor interactions in particular. The field has developed recently and may still expand in the future, as it allows us to address fundamental topics in speech research such as perception-production links or abstract vs. exemplar representations. Future Caudrelier and Rochet-Capellan research with formant perturbations may also further connect sensorimotor adaptation to linguistic and cognitive factors and in particular to working and long-term memory.

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Asymmetries in the perception of speech production errors

Cited by 59 publications

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Dynamic action units slip in speech production errors

Dynamic action units slip in speech production errors

An identity bias in phonotactics: Evidence from Cochabamba Quechua

Speech Production and Perception

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