Language Dependency of /s/ Production: Native Dutch Versus Non-Native English

IF 1.1 2区 文学 Q3 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Meike M. de Boer, Willemijn F. L. Heeren
{"title":"Language Dependency of /s/ Production: Native Dutch Versus Non-Native English","authors":"Meike M. de Boer, Willemijn F. L. Heeren","doi":"10.1177/00238309241242114","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"With forensic recordings being collected in multiple languages increasingly often, this study investigates the language dependency of the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ in speakers of native (L1) Dutch and non-native (L2) English. Due to phonetic similarity between the languages, Dutch learners of English may exhibit language-independent /s/ acoustics, making it an interesting feature for multilingual forensic speaker comparisons (FSCs). However, the findings show that out of the four spectral moments, center of gravity, standard deviation ( SD), skewness, and kurtosis, only SD remained stable across the languages; the other measurements were language-dependent. The results were largely independent of the /s/ tokens’ contexts, although an interaction between language and context was found for skewness and kurtosis: With a labial right phonetic neighbor, language dependency was largely reduced. The findings have implications for FSCs: as /s/ is language-dependent in speakers of L1 Dutch and L2 English, it shows limited potential for cross-linguistic speaker comparisons in forensic casework.","PeriodicalId":51255,"journal":{"name":"Language and Speech","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Language and Speech","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309241242114","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

With forensic recordings being collected in multiple languages increasingly often, this study investigates the language dependency of the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ in speakers of native (L1) Dutch and non-native (L2) English. Due to phonetic similarity between the languages, Dutch learners of English may exhibit language-independent /s/ acoustics, making it an interesting feature for multilingual forensic speaker comparisons (FSCs). However, the findings show that out of the four spectral moments, center of gravity, standard deviation ( SD), skewness, and kurtosis, only SD remained stable across the languages; the other measurements were language-dependent. The results were largely independent of the /s/ tokens’ contexts, although an interaction between language and context was found for skewness and kurtosis: With a labial right phonetic neighbor, language dependency was largely reduced. The findings have implications for FSCs: as /s/ is language-dependent in speakers of L1 Dutch and L2 English, it shows limited potential for cross-linguistic speaker comparisons in forensic casework.
/s/发音的语言依赖性:母语荷兰语与非母语英语
随着多语言法证录音的收集日益频繁,本研究调查了母语为荷兰语(L1)和非母语为英语(L2)的人的无声齿龈摩擦音/s/的语言依赖性。由于两种语言在语音上的相似性,学习荷兰语的英语学习者可能会表现出与语言无关的/s/声学特征,使其成为多语言法证说话者比较(FSCs)的一个有趣特征。然而,研究结果表明,在重心、标准差(SD)、偏斜度和峰度这四个频谱矩中,只有标准差在不同语言中保持稳定,其他测量值都与语言有关。虽然偏度和峰度与语言和语境之间存在交互作用,但结果基本上与 /s/ 标记的语境无关:有了唇音右邻,语言依赖性就大大降低了。研究结果对法医鉴定具有重要意义:由于/s/对第一语言荷兰语和第二语言英语的使用者具有语言依赖性,因此在法医鉴定工作中进行跨语言使用者比较的潜力有限。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Language and Speech
Language and Speech AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-
CiteScore
4.00
自引率
5.60%
发文量
39
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Language and Speech is a peer-reviewed journal which provides an international forum for communication among researchers in the disciplines that contribute to our understanding of the production, perception, processing, learning, use, and disorders of speech and language. The journal accepts reports of original research in all these areas.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信