Development of the Voicing Contrast: A Comparison of Voice Onset Time in Stop Perception and Production

Zlatin, Marsha A.; Koenigsknecht, Roy A.

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“…(29) 372 (46) 52 (17) 5 261 (13) 300 (23) 33 (9) 6 289 (18) 318 (17) 31 (6) 7 439 (20) 512 (16) 67 (21) 8 320 (18) 390 (37) 58 (15) 9 308 (25) 388 (47) Table 3), but the mean VOT for /b/-initial stimuli across all talkers was -2.23 milliseconds. Zlatin and Koenigsknecht (1976) reported mean VOT values of -23.17 milliseconds for "bees" and -12.02 milliseconds for "bear", thus slightly more pre-voicing than we found overall. In an informal judgment task conducted with 10 members of our laboratory, listeners were able to accurately identify the word /buk/ with 97% accuracy and the word /puk/ with 98% accuracy.…”

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The Distribution of Talker Variability Impacts Infants’ Word Learning

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Knight

Gerken

2017

Laboratory Phonology

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The Distribution of Talker Variability Impacts Infants’ Word Learning

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2017

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“…(Zlatin & Koenigsknecht, 1976) 3 (Bailey & Haggard, 1980) 4 (Barton & Macken, 1980) 5 6 (Zlatin & Koenigsknecht, 1976) 7…”

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VOT in the babbling of French- and English-learning infants

Whalen

Levitt

Goldstein

2007

Journal of Phonetics

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Different languages use voice onset time (VOT) in different ways to signal the voicing contrast, for example, short lag/long lag (English) vs. prevoiced/short lag (French). Also, VOT depends on place of articulation, with labial VOTs being shorter than velar and alveolar and, sometimes, alveolar being shorter than velar. Here we examine the VOT in babbled utterances of five French-learning and five English-learning infants at ages 9 and 12 months. There was little or no difference between the languages for duration of positive VOTs, which were usually in the "short lag" range. The duration of prevoicing also did not differ between languages, but the proportion of prevoiced utterances did (French-learning infants: 44.2% prevoicing; English-learning: 14.3%). Labial, alveolar and velar stops differed in VOT, with alveolar longer than labial and velar longer than alveolar, suggesting a mechanical cause. The lack of long-lag VOT indicates that the English-learning infants have not mastered aspiration by 12 months. The different proportions of prevoicing, however, suggest that the French-learning infants attempt to imitate the prevoicing that is used frequently (and contrastively) in their native language environment. The results suggest that infants are sensitive to the voicing categories of the ambient language but that they may be able to control prevoicing more successfully than aspiration.

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“…Voice onset time (VOT) plays a key role in both speech production and perception and has been the focus of a number of investigations in speech perception [11,14,16,17], and speech production [2,3,4,6,7,8,9,15]. Furthermore, this temporal parameter has also been investigated in a range of motor speech disorders as it provides information on disruptions to the coordination between laryngeal and supralaryngeal mechanisms which govern the integrity of this speech parameter [1,5], or how individuals with motor speech disorders compensate for their underlying motor deficits [1].…”

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Patterns of variability in voice onset time: a developmental study of motor speech skills in humans

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Dobbin

Henry

2003

Neuroscience Letters

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This study investigated the developmental patterns of variability in the speech parameter voice onset time (VOT) in forty six children. Five groups of children participated in the study as follows: i) Group 1 -aged 5 years 8 months (n=6); ii) Group 2 -7 years 10 months (n=10); iii) Group 3 -9 years 10 months (n=10); iv) Group 4 -11 years 10 months (n=10), and v) Group 5 -13 years 2 months (n=10). Coefficient of variation (COV) values were examined for the VOT values of both "voiceless" (/p t k/) and "voiced" (/b d g/) plosives to determine patterns of variability. Significant effects of age were revealed for both the voiceless and voiced plosives, and levels of variability leveled off for Group 4. The data suggest that although variability in VOT decreases with age, the presence of residual variability may be a prerequisite for the further refinement of motor speech skills.

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Development of the Voicing Contrast: A Comparison of Voice Onset Time in Stop Perception and Production

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The Distribution of Talker Variability Impacts Infants’ Word Learning

The Distribution of Talker Variability Impacts Infants’ Word Learning

VOT in the babbling of French- and English-learning infants

Patterns of variability in voice onset time: a developmental study of motor speech skills in humans

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