Preceding phonetic context affects perception of nonspeech (L)

Stephens, Joseph D. W.; Holt, Lori L.

doi:10.1121/1.1627837

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“…We have referred to this pattern of perceptual behavior as spectral contrast and have proposed that it is a result of general auditory processes that affect speech and nonspeech perception alike (Holt, in press;Holt & Lotto, 2002;Lotto, Sullivan, & Holt, 2003). In agreement with this proposal, contrastive effects of speech contexts on the perception of nonspeech targets also are observed (Stephens & Holt, 2003).…”

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Putting phonetic context effects into context: A commentary on Fowler (2006)

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Holt

2006

Perception & Psychophysics

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On the basis of a review of the literature and three new experiments, Fowler (2006) concludes that a contrast account for phonetic context effects is not tenable and is inferior to a gestural account. We believe that this conclusion is premature and that it is based on a restricted set of assumptions about a general perceptual account. Here, we briefly address the criticisms of Fowler (2006), with the intent of clarifying what a general auditory and learning approach to speech perception entails.

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Putting phonetic context effects into context: A commentary on Fowler (2006)

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Perception & Psychophysics

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“…Compared to tone recognition with non-speech contexts tested by Huang and Holt (2009), psychophysical PCI with non-speech contexts may be an arguably "purer" test of context effects arising from general auditory processing and may shed new light on the general pitch contrast basis of tone normalization. Using similar designs, contrastive context effects have been found for speech contexts and nonspeech targets (Stephens and Holt, 2003), and for non-speech contexts and targets (Aravamudhan et al, 2008) that were spectrally similar to vowels or consonants. Accordingly, our hypothesis is that for both Mandarin and English listeners, context effects on pitch perception would be similar with speech or non-speech stimuli.…”

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The effect of language experience on perceptual normalization of Mandarin tones and non-speech pitch contours

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Ashmore

2014

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Context-dependent pitch perception helps listeners recognize tones produced by speakers with different fundamental frequencies (f0s). The role of language experience in tone normalization remains unclear. In this cross-language study of tone normalization, native Mandarin and English listeners were asked to recognize Mandarin Tone 1 (high-flat) and Tone 2 (mid-rising) with a preceding Mandarin sentence. To further test whether context-dependent pitch perception is speech-specific or domain-general, both language groups were asked to identify non-speech flat and rising pitch contours with a preceding non-speech flat pitch contour. Results showed that both Mandarin and English listeners made more rising responses with non-speech than with speech stimuli, due to differences in spectral complexity and listening task between the two stimulus types. English listeners made more rising responses than Mandarin listeners with both speech and non-speech stimuli. Contrastive context effects (more rising responses in the high-f0 context than in the low-f0 context) were found with both speech and non-speech stimuli for Mandarin listeners, but not for English listeners. English listeners' lack of tone experience may have caused more rising responses and limited use of context f0 cues. These results suggest that context-dependent pitch perception in tone normalization is domain-general, but influenced by long-term language experience.

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“…Recent evidence of cross-influences between speech and non-speech [19,20] suggest that this effect could occur through contrast enhancement across neighboring time points at a processing level shared by speech and non-speech. Such interactions could be implemented by allowing lateral interactions across time slices within the feature level of the TRACE model, and by allowing activation there to be produced by both speech and non-speech input.…”

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“…Auditory context influences the perception of both speech and non-speech sounds [19,20]. For example, when an ambiguous sound between /t/ and /k/ is preceded by /s/, it will tend to be heard as /k/; when preceded by /∫/, it will tend to be heard as /t/ [21].…”

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Are there interactive processes in speech perception?

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Mirman

Holt

2006

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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Lexical information facilitates speech perception, especially when sounds are ambiguous or degraded. The interactive approach to understanding this effect posits that this facilitation is accomplished through bi-directional flow of information, allowing lexical knowledge to influence pre-lexical processes. Alternative autonomous theories posit feed-forward processing with lexical influence restricted to post-perceptual decision processes. We review evidence supporting the prediction of interactive models that lexical influences can affect pre-lexical mechanisms, triggering compensation, adaptation and retuning of phonological processes generally taken to be pre-lexical. We argue that these and other findings point to interactive processing as a fundamental principle for perception of speech and other modalities.

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Preceding phonetic context affects perception of nonspeech (L)

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

Putting phonetic context effects into context: A commentary on Fowler (2006)

Putting phonetic context effects into context: A commentary on Fowler (2006)

The effect of language experience on perceptual normalization of Mandarin tones and non-speech pitch contours

Are there interactive processes in speech perception?

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