Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones

First Published May 9, 2017

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Autores: Gómez, David M., Mok, Peggy, Ordin, Mikhail, Mehler, Jacques, Nespor, Marina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/25642
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/25642
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Palabra clave:Lexical tone
tone language
transitional probability
speech segmentation
consonants and vowels
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spelling Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical TonesGómez, David M.Mok, PeggyOrdin, MikhailMehler, JacquesNespor, MarinaLexical tonetone languagetransitional probabilityspeech segmentationconsonants and vowelsFirst Published May 9, 2017Research has demonstrated distinct roles for consonants and vowels in speech processing. For example, consonants have been shown to support lexical processes, such as the segmentation of speech based on transitional probabilities (TPs), more effectively than vowels. Theory and data so far, however, have considered only non-tone languages, that is to say, languages that lack contrastive lexical tones. In the present work, we provide a first investigation of the role of consonants and vowels in statistical speech segmentation by native speakers of Cantonese, as well as assessing how tones modulate the processing of vowels. Results show that Cantonese speakers are unable to use statistical cues carried by consonants for segmentation, but they can use cues carried by vowels. This difference becomes more evident when considering tone-bearing vowels. Additional data from speakers of Russian and Mandarin suggest that the ability of Cantonese speakers to segment streams with statistical cues carried by tone-bearing vowels extends to other tone languages, but is much reduced in speakers of non-tone languages.The research leading to these results has received funding from: the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC [grant agreement 269502, PASCAL]; the Chilean CONICYT program PIA/BASAL [grant FB0003]; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; and the Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque).Language and Speech201820182018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/25642reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/SFP7/ERC-269502https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journals-permissionsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© The Author(s) 2017oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/256422026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
title Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
spellingShingle Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
Gómez, David M.
Lexical tone
tone language
transitional probability
speech segmentation
consonants and vowels
title_short Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
title_full Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
title_fullStr Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
title_full_unstemmed Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
title_sort Statistical Speech Segmentation in Tone Languages: The Role of Lexical Tones
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gómez, David M.
Mok, Peggy
Ordin, Mikhail
Mehler, Jacques
Nespor, Marina
author Gómez, David M.
author_facet Gómez, David M.
Mok, Peggy
Ordin, Mikhail
Mehler, Jacques
Nespor, Marina
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Ordin, Mikhail
Mehler, Jacques
Nespor, Marina
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lexical tone
tone language
transitional probability
speech segmentation
consonants and vowels
topic Lexical tone
tone language
transitional probability
speech segmentation
consonants and vowels
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