Foreign Accent Imitation and Variation of VOT and Voicing in Plosives
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This study examines the synchronisation of voicing and VOT in German fortis and lenis stops being produced by native German speakers imitating a French accent as well as by native French speakers speaking German. The results show that native German speakers use variation of glottal activity during French accent imitation, i.e. reduction of VOT in fortis plosives and variation of voicing in lenis plosives. This suggests that they are aware of possible interference characteristics of native French speakers’ German. However, the fine adjustment seems to be rather complex and the imitators exaggerate during their accent productions.
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Previous studies [Lisker, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 57, 1547-1551 (1975); Summerfield and Haggard, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 62, 435-448 (1977)] have shown that voice onset time (VOT) and the onset frequency of the first formant are important perceptual cues of voicing in syllable-initial plosives. Most prior work, however, has focused on speech perception in quiet environments. The present study seeks to ...
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