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Conditions on Adaptation to an Unfamiliar Lexical Tone System: The Role of Quantity and Quality of Exposure

Zhao, Liang; Sloggett, Shayne; Chodroff, Eleanor (2023). Conditions on Adaptation to an Unfamiliar Lexical Tone System: The Role of Quantity and Quality of Exposure. In: International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, 7 August 2023 - 11 August 2023. International Phonetic Association, 342-346.

Abstract

Variation in lexical tone systems across dialects presents a perceptual challenge to speech adaptation. For instance, several Mandarin regional dialects have four phonological tones, but the phonetic realization of those tones differs considerably. Previous studies have demonstrated that listeners readily accommodate dialectal variation in lexical tone systems through incidental exposure. The present study examined whether adaptation was facilitated through the presence of explicit minimal-pair tone contrasts or increased exposure to the dialect. We found that rapid adaptation to the novel tone system was persistent even when minimal-pair sentences were removed from the stimuli and about one minute of incidental exposure was available with no repetition. Minimal-pair contrast was not necessary for adaptation. Increased exposure through repeated trials reliably enhanced sensitivity to the novel tone system.

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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper), refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Computational Linguistics
Dewey Decimal Classification:410 Linguistics
000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
Language:English
Event End Date:11 August 2023
Deposited On:12 Mar 2024 13:26
Last Modified:12 Mar 2024 13:26
Publisher:International Phonetic Association
OA Status:Closed
Free access at:Official URL. An embargo period may apply.
Official URL:https://guarant.cz/icphs2023/601.pdf

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