Abstract
This study examined the discrimination of word-final stop contrasts (/p/-/t/, /p/-/k/, /t/-/k/) in English and Thai by 12 listeners who speak Vietnamese as their first language (L1). Vietnamese shares specific phonetic realization of stops with Thai, i.e., unreleased final stop and differs from English which allows both released and unreleased final stops. These 12 native Vietnamese (NV) listeners’ discrimination accuracy was compared to that of the two listener groups (Australian English (AE), native Thai (NT)) tested in previous studies. The NV group was less accurate than the native group in discriminating both English and Thai stop contrasts. In particular, for the Thai /t/-/k/ contrast, they were significantly less accurate than the AE listeners. The present findings suggest that experience with specific (i.e., unreleased) and native phonetic realization of sounds may be essential in accurate discrimination of final stop contrasts. The effect of L1 dialect on cross-language speech perception is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand |
Editors | Paul Warren, Catherine I. Watson |
Place of Publication | Canberra |
Publisher | Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association |
Pages | 118-123 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 0958194629 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (11th : 2006) - Auckland, New Zealand Duration: 6 Dec 2006 → 8 Dec 2006 |
Conference
Conference | Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (11th : 2006) |
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City | Auckland, New Zealand |
Period | 6/12/06 → 8/12/06 |