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The Roles of Vowel Fronting, Lengthening, and Listener Variables in the Perception of Vocal Femininity.

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  • المؤلفون: Shport IA;Shport IA
  • المصدر:
    Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR [J Speech Lang Hear Res] 2018 Jan 22; Vol. 61 (1), pp. 130-144.
  • نوع النشر :
    Journal Article
  • اللغة:
    English
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9705610 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1558-9102 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10924388 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Speech Lang Hear Res Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: Rockville, MD : American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, c1997-
    • الموضوع:
      Gender Identity* ; Phonetics* ; Psycholinguistics* ; Social Perception* ; Speech Acoustics* ; Speech Perception*; Acoustic Stimulation/methods ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Culture ; Female ; Humans ; Judgment ; Male ; Young Adult
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Purpose: The goal of this study was to test whether fronting and lengthening of lax vowels influence the perception of femininity in listeners whose dialect is characterized as already having relatively fronted and long lax vowels in male and female speech.
      Method: Sixteen English words containing the /ɪ ɛ ʊ ɑ/ vowels were produced by a male speaker with 2 degrees of vowel fronting. Then, the vowel duration was manipulated in 3 steps. Thirty-nine listeners from the Southern United States judged how feminine each word sounded to them on an interval scale.
      Results: The results of mixed-effects modeling showed that the words with more fronted and longer variants of the vowels were perceived as more feminine than the same words with less fronted and shorter variants of the vowels. These effects, however, were modulated by the vowel type, listener's area of upbringing, and gender.
      Conclusions: Fronting (except for /ʊ/) and lengthening of lax vowels make words sound more feminine for Southern listeners, which has implications for clients who wish to modify the perception of femininity invoked by their speech. The relative strength of the gender and regional associations of these vowel characteristics should be further examined across dialects.
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20171228 Date Completed: 20190613 Latest Revision: 20190613
    • الموضوع:
      20231215
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0436
    • الرقم المعرف:
      29279898