Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners: preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience

Kimiko Tsukada; Thu T. A. Nguyen; Rungpat Poengpitya

Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners: preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience

Kimiko Tsukada, Thu T. A. Nguyen, Rungpat Poengpitya

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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
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)
City	Auckland, New Zealand
Period	6/12/06 → 8/12/06

Access to Document

http://www.assta.org/sst/2006/sst2006-66.pdf

Cite this

Tsukada, K., Nguyen, T. T. A., & Poengpitya, R. (2006). Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners: preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience. In P. Warren, & C. I. Watson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand (pp. 118-123). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association. http://www.assta.org/sst/2006/sst2006-66.pdf

Tsukada, Kimiko ; Nguyen, Thu T. A. ; Poengpitya, Rungpat. / Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners : preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience. Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand. editor / Paul Warren ; Catherine I. Watson. Canberra : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2006. pp. 118-123

@inproceedings{ec94bd4d74894abaa8b4ad0256420053,

title = "Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners: preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience",

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{\textquoteright} 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.",

author = "Kimiko Tsukada and Nguyen, {Thu T. A.} and Rungpat Poengpitya",

year = "2006",

language = "English",

isbn = "0958194629",

pages = "118--123",

editor = "Paul Warren and Watson, {Catherine I.}",

booktitle = "Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand",

publisher = "Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association",

note = "Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (11th : 2006) ; Conference date: 06-12-2006 Through 08-12-2006",

}

Tsukada, K, Nguyen, TTA & Poengpitya, R 2006, Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners: preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience. in P Warren & CI Watson (eds), Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, Canberra, pp. 118-123, Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (11th : 2006), Auckland, New Zealand, 6/12/06. <http://www.assta.org/sst/2006/sst2006-66.pdf>

Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners : preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience. / Tsukada, Kimiko; Nguyen, Thu T. A.; Poengpitya, Rungpat.

Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand. ed. / Paul Warren; Catherine I. Watson. Canberra : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2006. p. 118-123.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners

T2 - Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (11th : 2006)

AU - Tsukada, Kimiko

AU - Nguyen, Thu T. A.

AU - Poengpitya, Rungpat

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

M3 - Conference proceeding contribution

SN - 0958194629

SP - 118

EP - 123

BT - Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand

A2 - Warren, Paul

A2 - Watson, Catherine I.

PB - Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association

CY - Canberra

Y2 - 6 December 2006 through 8 December 2006

ER -

Tsukada K, Nguyen TTA, Poengpitya R. Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners: preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience. In Warren P, Watson CI, editors, Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2006 Auckland, New Zealand. Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association. 2006. p. 118-123

Cross-language perception of word-final stops by native Vietnamese listeners: preliminary results on the role of specific, non-native phonetic experience

Abstract

Conference

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this