Abstract
This study investigated whether and how anticipatory tonal coarticulatory cues are utilized during online speech processing. Native speakers ofStandard Chinese (SC) and Indonesian learners of SC participated in an eye-tracking experiment withthe Visual World Paradigm (VWP). They were asked to identify two-syllable nonce words that were printed on a screen while listening to auditory stimuli that had varying levels of appropriate anticipatory tonal cues. The eye movement data revealed that (a) both groups showed some sensitivity to anticipatory tonal information when selecting a target item; (b) native listeners of SC demonstrated a predictive effect of tonal processing when the anticipatory tonal cues in the first syllable were strong, but this effect was not present for Indonesian-speaking SC learners.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Event | The 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 7 Aug 2023 → 11 Aug 2023 |
Conference
Conference | The 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
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Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 7/08/23 → 11/08/23 |
Keywords
- online speech processing
- anticipatory tonal information
- eye-tracking