The interrelation between the stimulus range and the number of response categories in vowel categorization

Titia Benders; Paola Escudero

The interrelation between the stimulus range and the number of response categories in vowel categorization

Titia Benders^*, Paola Escudero

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We investigate the influence of the stimulus range and the number of response categories on the location of perceptual boundaries. The F1 continuum between Spanish /i/ and /e/ was presented to Peruvian listeners in three ranges. Half of the listeners could classify the tokens as /i/ and /e/, the other half chose from the five Spanish vowels. A boundary shift between /i/ and /e/ was observed as a function of the stimulus range, which was larger when listeners were given only two response categories. These results are interpreted as an effect of listeners' category expectations on speech perception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010
Place of Publication	Makuhari
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association
Pages	106-109
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781617821233
Publication status	Published - Sept 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th Annual Conference of the International-Speech-Communication-Association 2010 - Makuhari, Japan Duration: 26 Sept 2010 → 30 Sept 2010

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Conference	11th Annual Conference of the International-Speech-Communication-Association 2010
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Makuhari
Period	26/09/10 → 30/09/10

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Benders, T & Escudero, P 2010, The interrelation between the stimulus range and the number of response categories in vowel categorization. in Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010. International Speech Communication Association, Makuhari, pp. 106-109, 11th Annual Conference of the International-Speech-Communication-Association 2010, Makuhari, Japan, 26/09/10.

The interrelation between the stimulus range and the number of response categories in vowel categorization. / Benders, Titia; Escudero, Paola.
Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010. Makuhari: International Speech Communication Association, 2010. p. 106-109.

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