The perceptual assimilation of Danish monophthongs and diphthongs by monolingual Australian English speakers

Mona M. Faris; Catherine T. Best; Michael D. Tyler

The perceptual assimilation of Danish monophthongs and diphthongs by monolingual Australian English speakers

Mona M. Faris, Catherine T. Best, Michael D. Tyler

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Abstract

This study explores how experience with native language (L1) diphthongs influences the assimilation of non-native diphthongs. To obtain a comprehensive understanding of L1 attunement, native Australian English (AusE) speakers categorized and rated the Danish diphthongs, in addition to the monophthongs, in relation to their entire native vowel inventory. Short Danish vowels were assimilated to both lax and tense AusE vowels, and long Danish vowels were primarily categorized to tense AusE vowels. Only two of the Danish
diphthongs were assimilated to an AusE diphthong, while the rest were either assimilated to an AusE tense vowel or were uncategorized. This suggests
that the perceptual assimilation of non-native diphthongs is not based purely on sensitivity to vowel dynamics, but also on the perceived phonetic similarity between non-native diphthongs and L1 vowels. Implications for modelling cross-language speech perception are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings
Place of Publication	Glasgow
Publisher	University of Glasgow
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9780852619414
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Congresses of Phonetic Sciences (18th : 2015) - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Aug 2015 → 14 Aug 2015

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Conference	International Congresses of Phonetic Sciences (18th : 2015)
Abbreviated title	ICPhS 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	10/08/15 → 14/08/15

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Keywords

cross-language speech perception
perceptual assimilation
vowels
diphthongs

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