Degree of Language Experience Modulates Visual Attention to Visible Speech and Iconic Gestures During Clear and Degraded Speech Comprehension
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12789
Abstract: Abstract Visual information conveyed by iconic hand gestures and visible speech can enhance speech comprehension under adverse listening conditions for both native and non‐native listeners. However, how a listener allocates visual attention to these articulators… read more here.
Keywords: native listeners; speech comprehension; visible speech; non native ... See more keywords
Linguistic experience and musical training in shaping Mandarin tone perception by trilingual non-native Cantonese listeners
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5067618
Abstract: Mandarin tones are perceived categorically by native listeners, but not by non-native listeners (e.g., Francis et al., 2003; Halle et al., 2004; Xu et al., 2006). Vowel quality, stimulus duration, and language background also significantly… read more here.
Keywords: pitch; duration; perception; native listeners ... See more keywords
The impact of foreign accent on irony interpretation
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200939
Abstract: In modern multi-cultural societies, conversations between foreign speakers and native listeners have become very common. These exchanges often include the use of figurative language. The present study examines, for the first time, whether native listeners’… read more here.
Keywords: interpretation; impact foreign; native listeners; foreign accent ... See more keywords
Second Language Experience Facilitates Sentence Recognition in Temporally-Modulated Noise for Non-native Listeners
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631060
Abstract: Non-native listeners deal with adverse listening conditions in their daily life much harder than native listeners. However, previous work in our laboratories found that native Chinese listeners with native English exposure may improve the use… read more here.
Keywords: native listeners; noise; sentence; sentence recognition ... See more keywords
Native Listeners’ Use of Information in Parsing Ambiguous Casual Speech
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DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12070930
Abstract: In conversational speech, phones and entire syllables are often missing. This can make “he’s” and “he was” homophonous, realized for example as [ɨz]. Similarly, “you’re” and “you were” can both be realized as [jɚ], [ɨ],… read more here.
Keywords: information; speech; use information; acoustic cues ... See more keywords