Pre-fortis shortening in Czech English : A production and reaction-time study

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F16%3A10325345" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/16:10325345 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rela-2016-0005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rela-2016-0005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rela-2016-0005" target="_blank" >10.1515/rela-2016-0005</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Pre-fortis shortening in Czech English : A production and reaction-time study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The study focuses on the production and perception of English words with a fortis vs. lenis obstruent in the syllable coda. The contrast is mostly cued by the duration of the preceding vowel, which is shorter before fortis than before lenis sounds in native speech. In the first experiment we analyzed the production of 10 Czech speakers of English and compared them to two native controls. The results showed that the Czech speakers did not sufficiently exploit duration to cue the identity of the word-final obstruent. In the second experiment we manipulated C and V durations in target words to transplant the native ratios onto the Czech-accented speech, enhancing the fortis-lenis contrast, and vice versa. 108 listeners took part in a word-monitoring task in which reaction times were measured. The hypothesized advantage to items in which the target word (with a fortis or lenis obstruent) was semantically congruent with the following context was not confirmed, and subsequent analyses showed that the words&apos; frequency of use and the collocations they enter into strongly affect speech processing and correlate to a large degree with the reaction times.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Pre-fortis shortening in Czech English : A production and reaction-time study

Popis výsledku anglicky

The study focuses on the production and perception of English words with a fortis vs. lenis obstruent in the syllable coda. The contrast is mostly cued by the duration of the preceding vowel, which is shorter before fortis than before lenis sounds in native speech. In the first experiment we analyzed the production of 10 Czech speakers of English and compared them to two native controls. The results showed that the Czech speakers did not sufficiently exploit duration to cue the identity of the word-final obstruent. In the second experiment we manipulated C and V durations in target words to transplant the native ratios onto the Czech-accented speech, enhancing the fortis-lenis contrast, and vice versa. 108 listeners took part in a word-monitoring task in which reaction times were measured. The hypothesized advantage to items in which the target word (with a fortis or lenis obstruent) was semantically congruent with the following context was not confirmed, and subsequent analyses showed that the words&apos; frequency of use and the collocations they enter into strongly affect speech processing and correlate to a large degree with the reaction times.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA14-08084S" target="_blank" >GA14-08084S: Kognitivní zátěž při zpracování řeči s cizineckým přízvukem</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Research in Language [online]

ISSN

2083-4616

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

14

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

1-14

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84977091164