Speaker Gender and Salience in Sociolinguistic Speech Perception:<scp>goose</scp>-fronting in Standard Southern British English

Alderton, Roy

doi:10.1177/0075424219896400

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“…Women are expected to speak socially according to their social class or social status. In general women use more authentic discourse to claim a higher social status in society (Alderton, 2020;Cameron, 2007;Dong, 2014;Mohammed, 2020). Therefore, in a society where women and men influence language gender factors can be found in the use of language.…”

Section: Differences In Men's and Women's Speechmentioning

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Understanding gender and language use: A path towards effective interpersonal communication

Irwandi,

Fajri,

Albert

2024

Mukadimah

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Research exploring language disparities between men and women from a solely biological standpoint remains limited. Nevertheless, numerous studies have highlighted significant differences in language use, especially within social, political, and cultural contexts. These variations are intricately tied to the social structure, reflecting power dynamics within male-female relationships. Adopting an interpretive approach, the examination of gender disparities in language seeks to uncover social realities shaped by diverse gender roles and relationships. Moreover, this inquiry delves into the importance of grasping these linguistic variances to facilitate effective interpersonal communication. Understanding such nuances is pivotal for navigating and bridging potential communication barriers, fostering more meaningful and inclusive interactions across various social landscapes. By acknowledging and comprehending these distinctions, individuals can enhance communication efficacy and foster mutual understanding between genders.

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Section: Differences In Men's and Women's Speechmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding gender and language use: A path towards effective interpersonal communication

Irwandi,

Fajri,

Albert

2024

Mukadimah

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“…In the present study, resynthesized vowel continua were used to test whether individuals who had moved from France to Quebec, where they had received extended exposure to QF as a D2, perceptually differentiate and categorize the QF contrasts /a ~A/ and /ε ~aε/. In Praat (Boersma and Weenink 2021), gradient vowel continua for each of the eight minimal pairs in Table 1 were created using a script written by Lawrence (2018) and previously used in similar work (e.g., Alderton 2020;Barnard 2021). This script uses LPC (linear prediction coding) to estimate the spectral envelope of a speech sound.…”

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Perceptual Discrimination of Phonemic Contrasts in Quebec French: Exposure to Quebec French Does Not Improve Perception in Hexagonal French Native Speakers Living in Quebec

Kunkel,

Passoni,

de Leeuw

2023

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In Quebec French, /a ~ ɑ/ and /ε ~ aε/ are phonemic, whereas in Hexagonal French, these vowels are merged to /a/ and /ε/, respectively. We tested the effects of extended exposure to Quebec French (QF) as a second dialect (D2) on Hexagonal French (HF) speakers’ abilities to perceive these contrasts. Three groups of listeners were recruited: (1) non-mobile HF speakers born and living in France (HF group); (2) non-mobile QF speakers born and living in Quebec (QF group); and mobile HF speakers having moved from France to Quebec (HF>QF group). To determine any fine-grained effects of second dialect (D2) exposure on the perception of vowel contrasts, participants completed a same–different discrimination task in which they listened to stimuli paired at different levels of acoustic similarity. As expected, QF listeners showed a significant advantage over the HF group in discriminating between /a ~ ɑ/ and /ε ~ aε/ pairs, thus suggesting an own-dialect advantage in perceptual discrimination. Interestingly, this own-dialect advantage appeared to be greater for the /ε ~ aε/ contrast. The QF listeners also showed an advantage over the HF>QF group, and, surprisingly, this advantage was greater than over the HF group. In other words, the results suggested that the acquisition of a second dialect did not enhance the abilities of listeners to perceive differences between phonemic contrasts in that D2. If anything, the acquisition of the D2 disadvantaged the perceptual abilities of the HF>QF group. This might be because these phonemes have, over time, become less acoustically marked for the HF>QF participants and have, potentially, become integrated into their D1 phonemic categories.

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Phonetic and phonological sound changes in an agent-based model

Gubian

Cronenberg

Harrington

2023

Speech Communication

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Speaker Gender and Salience in Sociolinguistic Speech Perception:goose-fronting in Standard Southern British English

Cited by 5 publications

References 65 publications

Understanding gender and language use: A path towards effective interpersonal communication

Understanding gender and language use: A path towards effective interpersonal communication

Perceptual Discrimination of Phonemic Contrasts in Quebec French: Exposure to Quebec French Does Not Improve Perception in Hexagonal French Native Speakers Living in Quebec

Phonetic and phonological sound changes in an agent-based model

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